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LOCATION
Ramagundam Fertilizer Unit is located about
240 kms away from Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh
State and in the district of Karimnagar. The Unit was established
at Ramagundam due to abundance of coal that is used as feedstock
COMMENCEMENT
This unit was approved by Govt. of India
and established with a project cost of Rs.217.00 crores.
Industrial license for setting up a coal
based
Fertilizer factory to manufacture Urea was
obtained in November 1971. Planning and Development Division
of FCI Ltd. (presently M/s PDIL, Sindri, India) supplied the
detailed engineering for the plant. Commercial Production
of Ammonia and Urea commenced on 01-11-1980.
The
Urea and Ammonia plants have been designed with a capacity
to produce 4,95,000 MT and 2,97,000 MT per annum respectively.
TECHNOLOGY
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Indian and foreign suppliers have supplied Technology
for the different process plants and utilities: |
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Air Separation Unit
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M/s Techno Export, Czech Rebuplic |
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Nitrogen Wash Plant |
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M/s Techno Export, Czech Republic |
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Coal Gasification Plant |
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M/s Krupp Koppers, Germany |
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Rectisol plant for purification |
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M/s Lurgi, Germany |
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CO-Conversion plant |
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M/s PDIL, Sindri, India |
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Ammonia synthesis |
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M/s Technimont, Italy |
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Urea (Total recycle) plant |
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M/s Technimont, Italy |
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Steam Generation Plant |
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M/s BHEL, Tiruchirapally, India |
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PERFORMANCE
From the commencement of commercial production
on 01.11.1980 till the year 1998-99, 25,15,594 MT of Urea
and 15,48,971 MT of Ammonia have been produced.
However production of Urea and Ammonia
has been suspended from 01.04.1999 due to non viablity
for economic operations.
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