Steel Secretary G. Mohan Kumar will commission the new-look Blast Furnace-1 Godavari upgraded by Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited at a cost of Rs.600 crore here on Wednesday.
The modernisation of the blast furnace will increase the hot metal production of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant by five lakh tonne per annum.
Mr. Mohan Kumar, who will arrive on Tuesday on a two-day visit, will witness a corporate presentation on performance of the company and, interact with RINL Chairman-cum-Managing Director P. Madhusudan and other senior officials.
After commissioning the new-look Godavari, he will inaugurate Sinter Heat Recovery Power Plant (SHRPP) of 20.6 MW and the dissemination seminar of SHRPP on Wednesday.
The volume of the Blast Furnace-1 has been increased from 3200 cum to 3800 cum by introducing copper cooling plates and latest generation cast iron cooling plates in the place of existing normal cast iron cooling plates.
Godavari was commissioned in 1991 and at that point of time this was the largest BF with 3200 cum volume and production capacity 1.8 million tonne. This furnace was consistently producing above the rated capacity during the last decade. As per the designcomplete relining of the furnaces is to be done after 16 years of operation or production of 25 million tonnes.
However about 37 million tonne of hot metal was produced and furnace was in operation for about 23 years. This could be achieved only due to good operational and maintenance practices being adopted by VSP collective, a RINL spokesman said.
NEDO projectNew Energy Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO)-Japan, is also helping RINL in adopting green technologies. RINL, through a MoU with NEDO-Japan has implemented a model project for Sinter Cooler Waster Heat Recovery Power Plant of 20.6 MW.
The model project, the first of its kind in the Indian steel industry has been successfully commissioned at VSP. To mark the occasion, RINL is holding a seminar to focus on Japanese technology for global warming counter measures in power generation.
