The Air Separation Unit 4 (ASU-4 ) in the Bhilai Steel Plant’s Oxygen Plant 2 has started its trial production.
A company statement issued here said that the new unit with a capacity to produce 700 TPD (Tons Per Day) is supplying both Oxygen and Nitrogen gaseous products to existing BSP gas networks with ultra high purity. This would enhance the product and process quality further to new highs.
The new unit is also producing Liquid Oxygen. Since its ‘start-up’ and commencement of the ‘first industrial production’ earlier this month, the new ASU 4 unit in OP 2 continues to produce gaseous oxygen and nitrogen as also Liquid Oxygen.
Equipped with state of the art technology, the ASU-4 that has been installed with associated facilities at the plant’s existing Oxygen Plant II itself would fulfill the enhanced requirements of the three gases - oxygen, nitrogen and argon. The successful production from ASU-4 will definitely enhance the productivity of BSP and also result in financial savings by reducing the cash outflow of oxygen procurement from external sources, the statement said. The ultra-high purity of gaseous oxygen from this modern plant would go in a long way sustaining the superior quality of finished products from the BSP.
