Union steel secretary G Mohan Kumar has inaugurated a new Oxygen Plant at Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) an integrated Steel Plant of Steel Authority of India (SAIL).
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.
The new Oxygen plant will be fulfilling the additional gas requirements for the new units being installed as a part of the massive modernisation and expansion projects.
