Rourkela Steel

Acid Plant Database February 10, 2021

Owner	Rourkela Steel
Location	Odisha India
Background	Steel Authority of India Ltd
Website	www.sail.co.in
Plant	Plant 1	Plant 2
Coordinates*		22° 12' 33" N, 84° 51' 43" E (Site)
Type of Plant	-	-
Gas Source	-	-
Plant Capacity	60 MTPD	125 MTPD
SA/DA	-	DA
Emissions	-	SO₂: 2 kg/t (100% H₂SO₄) SO₃/Acid Mist: 70 mg/Nm³ Conversion: 99.8%
Status	Operating	Operating
Year Built	1990	2015
Technology	-	-
Contractor	-	-
Remarks	Built to cater to the needs of the Coal Chemical Department, CRM (Cold Rolling Mill) and TPP (Thermal Power Plant)	Power Consumption: 63 kW/t
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General	Sulphuric acid is used by the company for fixing ammonia from coke oven gas as ammonium sulphate, pickling in cold rolling mills and water treatment in the associated captive power plant. The new plant replaces an older unit which has reached the end of its service life.
References	Sulphur 351, March-April 2014
News	February 29, 2016 - At a time when the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) is making loss, the newly appointed Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) Chairman Prakash Kumar Singh, accompanied by three SAIL Directors, on Sunday arrived on a two-day visit of the RSP. The visit of the top brass of SAIL assumes significance in the wake of around `12,000 crore modernisation and expansion projects of RSP failing to yield desired results. Moreover, while ground work for setting up of new Hot Strip Mill (HSP) and modernisation of the Blast Furnace 1 are underway, the SAIL is yet to act on the announcement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi made on April 1 last year to upgrade the RSP-run Ispat General Hospital into super specialty hospital and medical college. Upon arrival, Singh inaugurated a new Sulphuric Acid plant with a capacity of 125 tonnes per day at the RSP. The new plant has replaced the old plant and will cater to the needs of the Coal Chemical Department, Cold Rolling Mill and Captive Power Plant-I. Meanwhile, SAIL chairman P K Singh met Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram and apprised the Minister of various problems faced by the steel industry. On the other hand, Jual asked the SAIL chief to expedite the upgradation of RSP-run Ispat General Hospital. Jual also asked the SAIL chairman to take steps to set up a joint venture cement plant at Purunapani and a railway coach factory at Bondamunda. Jual also took up the issue of the grievances of the displaced persons of RSP with Singh. February 28, 2016 - A new Sulphuric Acid unit with a capacity of 125 tonnes per day was inaugurated at the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) in Orissa on Sunday. The new plant, which replaced the old obsolete unit, was inaugurated by SAIL chairman Prakash Kumar Singh in the presence of senior officials, a release from RSP said. The acid produced in this unit was meant to be used in the Coal Chemical Department, Cold Rolling Mill and Captive Power Plant-I, it said. The surplus production would be marketed to the external agencies. The SAIL chairman, who arrived at Rourkela, Sunday on a two-day visit, went to RSP and undertook a tree plantation at Shramik Smarak, a monument installed in a landscaped garden near the Modernisation Over bridge to mark the outstanding contributions of employees in making RSP what it is today, it said. Singh, accompanied by senior officials, visited other units including Blast Furnace-5, Basic Oxygen Furnace-3, Caster-3, Blast Furnace-4 and New Plate Mill, the release said adding, he met senior officers and discussed various issues pertaining to RSP's performance. Singh also addressed employees of the Plant drawn from various departments and strata and interacted with them about their endeavours and expectations, the release said.

MTPD - Metric Tonne per Day STPD - Short Ton per Day
MTPA - Metric Tonne per Annum STPA - Short Ton per Annum
SA - Single Absorption
DA - Double Absorption

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