Specialty Agro Intermediates Plant - Jhaghadia, Gujarat, India
Sector of activity Chemical
Client United Phosphorus Limited (UPL), Jhaghadia, Gujarat, India
Year of Completion 2015-16
CAPEX USD 15 Million
Project Mandate
To provide extended basic, detail and procurement engineering for the plant for manufacturing agrochemical intermediates.
Project Description
The project involved the basic, detail and procurement engineering for the conversion of batch plant into continuous operating as a grass root facility. Apart from capacity expansion, the new continuous plant will also serve the purpose of consistent product purity, reduced production losses, compact plant size, smooth & safe operation.
Services Provided
- Basic, Detail and Procurement Engineering
Number of Equipment
There were about 140 number of equipments.
The project features
- Grass-root plant set-up
- The battery limits consists of reactions stages consisting of nitration and hydrogenation, in addition to crystallization, evaporation and drying.
- Process equipment consist of distillation columns, reactors, agitators, decanters, vessels, tanks, agitated thin film evaporator, pumps, and blower
Professional personnel assigned to project
Number of persons (Peak Load)45
Duration (months)7