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Acid Plant Database January 21, 2018
Owner | Grasim Industries |
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Location | Nagda Madhya Pradesh State India |
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Background | 1954 - Company established (flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group) | |
Website |
www.grasim.com |
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Plant | - | |
Coordinates* | - | |
Type of Plant | Sulphur Burning | |
Gas Source | Elemental Sulphur | |
Plant Capacity | 210,370 MTPA | |
SA/DA | - | |
Emissions | - | |
Status | Operating | |
Year Built | - | |
Technology | - | |
Contractor | - | |
Remarks | - | |
Pictures | - | |
General | Company is the largest producer
of viscose staple fibre (VSF) in the world. Grasim is also India’s
largest producer of sodium sulphate, a by-produt of VSF that is widely used
in the paper and pulp, detergent, glass and textiles industries. The
major products manufactured at Grasim’s VSF division based in Nagda, Madhya
Pradesh are VSF, sodium sulphate, carbon disulphide, sulphuric acid and
captive power. The Nagda division has an installed capacity of 151475
tonnes of VSF. |
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News |
January 21, 2018 - Grasim Industries has received green nod for expanding the production of manmade fibre VSF at Bharuch, Gujarat that would entail an investment of Rs 2,560 crore, according to an official document. The company has four VSF (Viscose Staple Fibre) plants in India, of which two are located in Gujarat, one each in Kharach and Vilayat in Bharuch district. As per the proposal, the company's Grasim Cellulosic Division wants to expand its Vilayat plant. In a letter issued to the Grasim Industries, the Union environment ministry has said it has given the environment clearance to the company's proposal on expansion of Vilayat unit subject to compliance of certain conditions. The company's proposal is to increase the production capacity of VSF from 1,27,750 tonnes per annum (TPA) to Rs 2,55,500 TPA. It also wants to set up a production facility of Solvent Spun Cellulosic Fibre with a capacity of 36,500 TPA. Besides, the company has proposed to expand the production capacity of Sulphuric Acid from 1,02,300 TPA to 1,82,500 TPA, Carbon Di-Sulphide from 23,725 TPA to 34,675 TPA and captive power plant capacity from 25 MW to 55 MW. Grasim Industries will undertake the proposed expansion within the existing plant premise spread over 222.63 hectare area at Vilayat. The project cost is estimated to be Rs 2,560 crore and will create about 2,500 jobs, according to the letter. In its proposal, the Aditya Birla Group firm has said the proposed expansion in VSF production capacity will cater the increased demand of manmade fibres in the country. September 26, 2006 - Chlor-alkali producer Grasim Industries Limited said on Tuesday that its chemical plants will continue to operate at 50% until the end of 2006 or January 2007 due to the continued absence of in-house power at Nagda in Madhya Pradesh State. On 21 July, Grasim stated that its chlor-alkali and downstream chemical plants would cut their production by 50% for one month while the company carried out major repairs to its power plant. This job is now likely to be completed in three to four months time, thus keeping chemicals output to 50%. The chlor-alkali plant supplies about 80% of its caustic soda to the company’s viscose staple fibre (VSF) facility at the same site and to two other locations. It sells the other 20% of its 190,800 tonnes/year caustic soda capacity to the general market. The other chemical division plants are: a 210,370 tonnes/year sulphuric acid plant, a 46,798 tonnes/year carbon disulphide plant, a 45,000 tonnes/year stable bleaching powder plant, a 16 500 tonnes/year chloro-sulphuric acid plant and a 13,860 tonnes/year poly aluminium chloride plant. |
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
* Coordinates can be used to
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