2550 TPD Air Separation Plant at Jamshedpur Completion of 90% Design Review

Layout of an Air Separation Plant

Brief Particulars: Linde AG, Linde engineering Division and BOC India Ltd (Kolkata) a member of The Linde Group entered into a turn key agreement with Linde Gas for an Air Separation Plant with a capacity of 2,550 TPD oxygen at Jamshedpur, TATA Steel near east coast of India. The parties involved in the execution of this project are Linde Engineering Germany, BOC India and Linde Engineering India Pvt. Ltd. (LEI). This project demonstrates impressively the global operation of the Linde Engineering and Gas world and the integration of the various operation centers. Major Scope of Work: BOC India Limited: Linde Engineering Germany: Overall contractor of the plant Extended and detail engineering of storage & back up system Design & construction of civil foundation & general civil works Design of sub-station, control room & its HVAC system Nitrogen compressor (supply) Ancillary systems like fire water, drinking water, instrument air, cooling tower, DG, etc. Overall major procurement, construction & commissioning Basic engineering Extended and detail engineering of cold box Supply of cold box, cryogenic rotating equipments, booster air compressor and main air compressor Pre commissioning & commissioning supervision

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Detail engineering of piping and structural system for the core plant including 3D modeling and pipe stress analysis Preparation of steel fabrication drawings 3D modeling for instrumentation and electrical cable routing 60% & 90% model review with PMC and Client Design documents for construction : : : : : : : 21/09/2009 01/02/2010 18/02/2010 & 19/02/2010 23/07/2010 & 24/07/2010 30/08/2010 to 04/09/2010 19/10/2011 19/02/2012

Major Dates: Effective date of contract between TATA & Linde Group Effective date of contract between BOCI & LEI Kick off Meeting between BOCI & LEI & hand over from LEM 60% Design Review completed 90% Design Review completed Mechanical completion planned Plant on-stream planned Present Status of Site Work: Civil foundation work is under progress at site. Major foundation like cold box, DCAC, EVC completed at site. Main components of an Air separation Plant: Air compression and pre cooling system Molecular sieve station to remove moisture, hydrocarbons and CO2 out of the process air. electric heater, steam heater and heat accumulator for heat exchange in molecular sieve area. Heat exchangers to cool down the process air near to its liquefaction temperature. Rectification to separate oxygen, nitrogen and argon. Internal compression of products. Storage system

Typical Block Diagram of an Air Separation Plant

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