Bharat Heavy Electricals
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Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is one of the oldest and largest state-owned engineering
and manufacturing
enterprise in India
in the energy-related and infrastructure sector which includes Power, Railways, Transmission and Distribution
, Oil and Gas
sectors and many more. It is the 12th largest power equipment manufacturer in the world. In the year 2011 , It ranked ninth most innovative company in the world by US business magazine Forbes. BHEL is the only Indian Engineering company on the list , which contain online retail firm Amazon at the second position with Apple and Google at fifth and seventh positions,respectively . It is also placed at 4th place in Forbes Asia's Fabulous 50 List of 2010 .
BHEL was established more than 50 years ago, ushering in the indigenous Heavy Electrical Equipment industry in India. The company has been earning profits continuously since 1971-72 and paying dividend
s since 1976-77. 74% of the total power generated in India is produced by equipment manufactured by BHEL.
It is one of India's nine largest Public Sector Undertakings or PSUs, known as the Navratnas
or 'the nine jewels'.
Besides these manufacturing units there are four power sectors which undertake EPC contract from various customers.
The Research and Development arm of BHEL is situated in Hyderabad and two repair shops are at HERP (Heavy Equipment Repair Plant), Varanasi and EMRP(Electric machines repair plant) Mumbai.
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
and manufacturing
Manufacturing
Manufacturing is the use of machines, tools and labor to produce goods for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to industrial production, in which raw materials are transformed into finished goods on a large scale...
enterprise in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
in the energy-related and infrastructure sector which includes Power, Railways, Transmission and Distribution
Electricity distribution
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, Oil and Gas
Petroleum industry
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sectors and many more. It is the 12th largest power equipment manufacturer in the world. In the year 2011 , It ranked ninth most innovative company in the world by US business magazine Forbes. BHEL is the only Indian Engineering company on the list , which contain online retail firm Amazon at the second position with Apple and Google at fifth and seventh positions,respectively . It is also placed at 4th place in Forbes Asia's Fabulous 50 List of 2010 .
BHEL was established more than 50 years ago, ushering in the indigenous Heavy Electrical Equipment industry in India. The company has been earning profits continuously since 1971-72 and paying dividend
Dividend
Dividends are payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members. It is the portion of corporate profits paid out to stockholders. When a corporation earns a profit or surplus, that money can be put to two uses: it can either be re-invested in the business , or it can be distributed to...
s since 1976-77. 74% of the total power generated in India is produced by equipment manufactured by BHEL.
It is one of India's nine largest Public Sector Undertakings or PSUs, known as the Navratnas
Navratnas
Navratna was the title given originally to nine Public Sector Enterprises identified by the Government of India in 1997 as "public sector companies that have comparative advantages", giving them greater autonomy to compete in the global market so as to "support [them] in their drive to become...
or 'the nine jewels'.
Main Manufacturing Facilities
- BHEL Bhopal (Madhya PradeshMadhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....
) - BHEL Ranipur, HaridwarHaridwarHaridwar is an important pilgrimage city and municipality in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India...
(UttarakhandUttarakhandUttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...
) - BHEL Ramachandrapuram, Hyderabad (Andhra PradeshAndhra PradeshAndhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
) - JhansiJhansiJhansi Hindi:झाँसी, , Marathi: झाशी, is a historical city of India. Jhansi is the administrative headquarters of Jhansi District and Jhansi Division. The original walled city grew up around its stone fort, which crowns a neighboring rock. This district is on the bank of river Betwa.The National...
(Uttar PradeshUttar PradeshUttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
) - High Pressure Boiler Plant and Seamless Steel Tube Plant, TiruchirapalliTiruchirapalliTiruchirappalli ) , also called Tiruchi or Trichy , is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli District. It is the fourth largest municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu and also the fourth largest urban agglomeration in the state...
(Tamil NaduTamil NaduTamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
) - Boiler Auxiliaries Plant, RanipetRanipetRanipet, Vellore is a locality and part of Vellore city in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. It is a medium-sized community located about 26 kilometers from the Vellore city center and 100 kilometers from Chennai, the fourth largest urban area in India...
(Tamil NaduTamil NaduTamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
) - ElectronicsElectronicsElectronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
Division and Electro PorcelainPorcelainPorcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between and...
Division, BangaloreBangaloreBengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
(KarnatakaKarnatakaKarnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
) - Jagdishpur (Uttar Pradesh)
- RudrapurRudrapurRudrapur is a city and a municipal board in Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.It comes under one of the most fertile ares of India,i.e...
(Uttrakhand) - Industrial Valves Plant, Goindwal (PunjabPunjab (India)Punjab ) is a state in the northwest of the Republic of India, forming part of the larger Punjab region. The state is bordered by the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh to the east, Haryana to the south and southeast and Rajasthan to the southwest as well as the Pakistani province of Punjab to the...
) - Bharat Heavy Plates and Vessels Limited (Vizag)
The Research and Development arm of BHEL is situated in Hyderabad and two repair shops are at HERP (Heavy Equipment Repair Plant), Varanasi and EMRP(Electric machines repair plant) Mumbai.
Products
- Boiler (steam generator)Boiler (steam generator)A boiler or steam generator is a device used to create steam by applying heat energy to water. Although the definitions are somewhat flexible, it can be said that older steam generators were commonly termed boilers and worked at low to medium pressure but, at pressures above this, it is more...
- Gas GeneratorGas generatorA gas generator usually refers to a device, often similar to a solid rocket or a liquid rocket that burns to produce large volumes of relatively cool gas, instead of maximizing the temperature and specific impulse. The low temperature allows the gas to be put to use more easily in many...
- Hydro Generator
- Steam turbineSteam turbineA steam turbine is a mechanical device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam, and converts it into rotary motion. Its modern manifestation was invented by Sir Charles Parsons in 1884....
- Gas turbineGas turbineA gas turbine, also called a combustion turbine, is a type of internal combustion engine. It has an upstream rotating compressor coupled to a downstream turbine, and a combustion chamber in-between....
- Hydro turbine
- Transportation Equipments
- Traction Machines
- TransformerTransformerA transformer is a device that transfers electrical energy from one circuit to another through inductively coupled conductors—the transformer's coils. A varying current in the first or primary winding creates a varying magnetic flux in the transformer's core and thus a varying magnetic field...
- SwitchgearSwitchgearThe term switchgear, used in association with the electric power system, or grid, refers to the combination of electrical disconnects, fuses and/or circuit breakers used to isolate electrical equipment. Switchgear is used both to de-energize equipment to allow work to be done and to clear faults...
- Oil field equipments OFEOfèOfè is an arrondissement in the Collines department of Benin. It is an administrative division under the jurisdiction of the commune of Savé. According to the population census conducted by the Institut National de la Statistique Benin on February 15, 2002, the arrondissement had a total population...
- Boiler drum
- Water wall panel
- Wind mill
- Valves
- Electro-static Precipitators
- R & D products