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NTPC’s research arm, NETRA (NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance), has installed India’s highest temperature Drop Tube Reactor and Photogrammetry System of Solar Thermal Lab. An official statement said that the DTR system is used for combustion characterisation of coal/biomass and is used for designing advanced ultra super critical technology and reducing carbon footprint from fossil fuel plants.
The statement also noted that this is India’s first of its kind, indigenously developed, high temperature (designed for 1,500 degree Celsius) Drop Tube Reactor (DTR) system recently.A Photogrammetry System of Solar Thermal Lab has also been installed and commissioned by DLR, Germany at NETRA under the Indo-German R&D cooperation. This system will measure 3D spatial coordinates of ‘point cloud’ of solar concentrators and help in understanding its integrity.
