The Oxygen Plant, which become operational yesterday, has been set up as a part of an agreement between SAIL-RSP and M/s LINDE for Supply of Oxygen, Nitrogen and Argon gases by operation of the plant on "Build Own & operate (BOO) basis at Rourkela Steel Plant.
The plant has an installed capacity of producing 2x700 Tonnes per day of Oxygen, High pressure Nitrogen, Low Pressure Nitrogen and Argon. The purity of the gaseous oxygen will be to the tune of 99.6 per cent, official sources said.