AVEVA World Magazine 2013|Issue 142

A Jewel in the CrownHow AVEVA technology supports Indias power industryFormed only as recently as 1964, Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd (BHEL) is an integrated power plant equipment manufacturer which has today established itself as one of Indias Navratnas or Nine Jewels and likely to be Maharatna soon, one of the countrys largest Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs).

But its success transcends even its national importance; it is the worlds twelfth-largest manufacturer of power equipment and in 2011 was ranked by US business magazine, Forbes, as the ninth most innovative company in the world.

Not surprisingly, BHEL has been a user of AVEVA software for around 15 years, although not in all of its operating divisions. In 2008, BHEL Haridwar made the decision to follow the lead of some of its sister divisions and upgrade to AVEVA PDMS. Mr A.B. Gupta, AGM, BHEL Haridwar, explained the background.

We had been using a variety of engineering and design applications, including AutoCAD, Pro/ENGINEER, Unigraphics NX and Solidworks, he explained. We had looked at the AVEVA implementations used elsewhere in the group and recognised that we needed a similar single, integratable solution for piping layouts that was optimised for plant engineering and would be a platform for our future development.

Other BHEL divisions had already adopted AVEVA and therefore Haridwar also decided to adopt AVEVA so that there is a total plant integration of BHEL on the same platform .AVEVAs solution was extensively benchmarked on representative tasks, said Mr A.B. Gupta. We chose AVEVA for two reasons. First, PDMS was clearly a scalable platform for long-term business growth; its important that we can build up a future-proof asset of reusable design work. Second and equally important was AVEVAs excellent delivery model and impressive customer support. Colleagues in other divisions had told me of this and AVEVA more than met our expectations.

Deployment went smoothly. BHEL took four PDMS licences and the local AVEVA team provided on-site training and support. Today, BHEL Haridwar has more than 25 trained PDMS users. Early success was achieved using PDMS on the Yermarus 800 MW power plant project.

We were very satisfied with our performance on the Yermarus project, explained Mr Himanshu Gupta, Engineer, BHEL Haridwar. PDMS enabled us to create orthographic drawings and Bills of Materials direct from the 3D model, so we knew they were accurate and complete. In addition, we also generated around 300 construction/fabrication drawings. The design fully met the clients requirement for a 3D model, right down to all the small-bore pipe runs, with zero clashes.

Neha GianchandMarketing Manager, AVEVA India

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It was not only the design quality that convinced BHEL that PDMS was the right choice; it also saved a considerable amount of money. The accuracy of the piping assemblies alone saved us a lot of time and effort in construction, continued Mr Himanshu Gupta. But we also achieved around 18% direct savings in material costs on two projects, because we were able to fully route all the pipe runs. Previously, it was often impractical to route the smaller diameter pipes at the design stage, and field-running pipes during construction can be very inefficient, he concluded.

BHEL Haridwar considers itself very well equipped for future projects and the company is already looking at options to expand their AVEVA deployment. AVEVA Multi-Discipline Supports is an obvious candidate for the next step, while AVEVA Global and AVEVA Review are being considered for supporting larger, collaborative projects. With a powerful and expanding toolset supporting a professional and innovative business, we look forward to seeing BHEL move further up the Forbes ranking!

India is the one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. With rapid economic reforms and a constant large influx of foreign capital, India has shown great agility in the last couple of decades. According to a 2011 report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, Indias GDP at purchasing power parity could overtake that of the United States by 2050.

During the next four decades, Indian GDP is expected to grow at an annualised average of 8%, making it potentially the worlds fastest-growing major economy up to 2050. The report highlights key growth factors: a young and rapidly growing working-age population; growth in the manufacturing sector due to rising education and engineering skill levels; and sustained growth of the consumer market driven by a rapidly growing middle class.

All of these factors combine to make India a key market for AVEVA and an area where we are making major investments to increase our geographic reach and enhance our service offering. We have significantly expanded our Indian sales, marketing and technical teams in our Mumbai and Hyderabad offices. This is part of a much larger strategic development plan that will allow us to further improve the scope and quality of our services for our rapidly growing network of customers and partners in Indias oil & gas, power and marine industries.

January 2013 also witnessed the inauguration of a new training centre at our Mumbai Office which provides comprehensive software training courses across the entire AVEVA product portfolio. Demand for training has grown considerably, and our in-house training programmes are tailored to meet industry requirements and trends. We will also continue to offer on-site training courses to meet customer-specific needs as part of our strong corporate commitment to improved customer service across the Indian market. The newly expanded office in Mumbai plays a key role in our expansion plans, strengthening our presence here and increasing our market share in the region.

AVEVA expands in fast-growing India

We also achieved around 18% direct savings in material costs on two projects, because we were able to fully route all the pipe runs...

About BHELBHEL is indeed a large undertaking. It has 15 manufacturing divisions, two repair units, four regional offices, eight service centres, eight overseas offices and 15 regional centres, and currently operates at more than 150 project sites across India and abroad. Its 50,000 employees are engaged in the design, engineering, manufacture, construction, testing, commissioning and servicing of a wide range of products and services for the core sectors of the economy: power generation and transmission, heavy industry, transportation, renewable energy, oil & gas and defence.

Visit www.bhel.com for more information.

Above, left and right: Part of the AVEVA PDMS model of the Yermarus power plant. Image courtesy of BHEL.

Mr A.B. Gupta, AGM, BHEL Haridwar. Photograph courtesy of BHEL.

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