Labs at NPTI-ER, Durgapur

The laboratories and workshop are prerequisites for providing off-job, hands-on training in the maintenance aspects. The NPTI (ER) has built well equipped laboratories and workshops for imparting training to Technicians, Operators and Engineers in various aspects of Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution.

Model Room :

Institute is having model room equipped with working models of Coal Mill, Boiler Feed Pump, Air Preheater, Condensate Extraction Pump, Circuit Breakers, Energy, Meters, Relays & Electrical Safety equipments etc.

Multi-Functional Simulator:

NPTI (Eastern Region) is equipped with Computer based Full Scope Replica Simulators of 210MW/500 MW / 800 MW Fossil Fuel Thermal Power Plant to provide off job hands on training to the participants for perfect understanding of integrated operation of Thermal Power Plant. Power plant simulator is an advanced hands-on-training tool, used mainly for the plant operation staff training in areas such as unit start-up, shut-down, load, operation, emergency handling etc. In addition, a simulator can also be used as a powerful tool to verify process design and control strategies prior to startup of a plant as well as investigation and testing of operational problems that are normally not allowable under real plant operating conditions. Simulator gives the feeling of operating a real power plant without incurring any generation loss of damaging any plant equipments. It raises the level of proficiency and builds up confidence required to handle emergencies in an actual plant operation. Hence, for training in whole gamut of plant operation, the simulators are becoming indispensable.

Computer Lab

A well-equipped computer lab with latest generation of computing facilities is available for training on soft skills and other advance software based training programs.

Solar PV Port

The Institute has installed "Solar PV Port" funded by giz (Germany) in collaboration with MNRE under Indo-German Solar Energy Partnership (IGSP). The " Solar PV Port " is a standardized plug-n-play + grid-interactive photovoltaic system with battery storage, designed for 100% selfconsumption. The objective of this project is to support the installation of the solar rooftop PV systems and aims at upskilling the Solar Installers (Suryamitras) through capacity building, vocational education and employment (iRISE) of youth in the solar sector.