NETRA inducts India's first high temperature drop tube reactor

NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance (NETRA) has installed India's first of its kind, indigenously developed, high temperature drop tube reactor (DTR) system.
The DTR system (designed for 1500 Deg C) is used for combustion characterisation of coal/biomass, designing advanced ultra Super critical technology, and reducing carbon footprint from the fossil fuel plants, an official said.
The official elaborated further that a photogrammetry system of solar thermal lab has also been installed at NETRA, commissioned by DLR, Germany under Indo-German R&D cooperation.
The system installed for the first time in the country to measure 3D spatial coordinates of 'point cloud' of solar concentrators to help understanding its integrity.

State-run power giant NTPC is fully aligned to the needs of adapting to emerging technologies and upgrading the technologies through research and development as a leading player in the energy sector.
The company is particularly sensitive to Research & Development and the paradigm shift which it can make. NETRA, set up in 2009, is the outcome of this vision.
Climate change, waste management, carbon capture and utilisation, new & renewable energy, efficiency improvement, and cost reduction are core areas of research at NETRA.
It is also providing scientific support to NTPC and other power utilities for improving availability, reliability and efficiency.