Infrastructure
NPTI institutes are fully equipped with the latest state-of the art-training infrastructure. They have classrooms, conference halls with audio-visual aids, syndicate rooms, sanctum sanctorum, auditorium & recreational facilities together with trainee and executive hostels, guest houses and staff quarters.
The Training Institutes at Badarpur and Nagpur are equipped with 210 MW Digital, full–scope, real–time, fossil fuel fired Power Plant Training Simulators to provide off-job, hands on training. Another 500 MW full scope fossil fuel fired Training Simulator and 430 MW full Scope Combine Cycle Gas Turbine Simulator have been set up at NPTI Corporate Centre, Faridabad. Despatcher Training Simulator (DTS) at Power Systems Training Institute (PSTI) is a comprehensive tool for training of Power System and Load Despatch Engineers and Operators.
A Centre of Excellence in Geographic information system (GIS) having Hi-Tech Training Tools for imparting Training and Consultancy Services in the area of GIS based Electricity Distribution has also been setup at NPTI Corporate office, Faridabad.
NPTI has workshops and laboratories for providing practical training in preventive and corrective maintenance methods and techniques of power and process industries such as:
- Control & Instrumentation (C&I) labs with facilities for calibration, repair and tuning of different types of process control instruments.
- Condition Monitoring Cell for vibration analysis & Non destructive testing (NDT)
- Maintenance workshops for pumps, valves, bearings, shaft alignments etc.
- Labs for relay testing, electrical equipment - switchgear, transformers and motors
- Computer labs with high speed LAN/WAN
NPTI libraries at the Corporate Office and the regional institutes have a large collection of books and video packages related to modern power station technology practices, frontier technologies and managerial aspects. They also subscribe to a number of Indian and foreign technical journals and periodicals.
NPTI's forte in training lies in its training support services such as audio-visual aids, computer compatible projection systems, slide and film projectors, VCRs, recording decks, synchronised projection systems, video recording for mirroring technique etc. together with graphic and photographic studios for development of training materials.
NPTI also has various working and non-working models relating to main systems and equipment of power stations.
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