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| Steel sector companies doing their best to supplement Medical Oxygen supply in the country |
New Delhi (Lisbon Times):- Under the guidance and the direction of Union Steel Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Public Sector
Undertakings, under the Ministry of Steel, and other Private companies in the steel sector, in this hour of need, are with the nation and continuing their
best to supplement the efforts of the Government in making available Liquid
Medical Oxygen.
Total daily Medical The oxygen production capacity of Steel plants is 2834 MT. In the Steel Sector,
there are 33 oxygen plants (both with CPSEs and in Pvt.) of which 29 are tapped
regularly.As against 2834 MT of daily LMO production capacity in the Steel
Sector, the production of LMO is 3474 MT as reported on 24th April 2021. This is higher than the LMO production
capacity because most units have reduced the production of Nitrogen and Argon
and only producing LMO. With all these efforts, 2894 tonnes were dispatched to
different states on 24th April by Steel Plants in Public &
Private Sector as against 1500/1700 Metric Tonnes /Day a week earlier.
Steel plant requires
gaseous oxygen, primarily for steel making and for oxygen enrichment in Blast
Furnaces, apart from some general purposes like lancing and gas cutting. Hence
Captive Oxygen Plants in Integrated Steel Plants are designed to produce
primarily gaseous products of Oxygen, Nitrogen, and Argon and then routed
through Pressure Reduction & Management System (PRMS) to meet the process
need at the desired pressure. Such plants can produce 5-6% maximum Liquid Oxygen
(LOX) at the peak capacity, which is a highly pure product compared to the
industrial oxygen. Plants can only optimize LOX production by sacrificing some
gaseous Oxygen and optimize process parameters.
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In the meantime, all
out efforts are being made to enhance the production of liquid oxygen and for
dispensing the same for which all oxygen plants whether in private or public
are working 24x7 and dispensing oxygen. Steel plants are also filling oxygen
cylinders and supplying to the States/hospitals.
Steel plants in both
public and Private sectors are striving hard to supply liquid oxygen to
different states. The Average delivery of Liquid Medical Oxygen by SAIL has
been raised to more than 800 tonnes per day. Around 1150T of LMO was
delivered on 23rd April, and the quantity delivered
yesterday was 960 Tonnes. SAIL has been continuously enhancing LMO
supply. Total Liquid Medical Oxygen supplied from SAIL integrated steel plants
at Bhilai, Bokaro, Rourkela, Durgapur, and Burnpur from August 2020 till
yesterday has been 39,647 Tonnes.
As far as RINL is concerned, in the last FY 20-21, it had supplied 8842 tons of LMO. This FY, from 13th April till today morning, more than 1300 ton of Medical Oxygen has been dispatched There is an increase from 100 ton to 140 tons in the last three days. First Oxygen Express had chugged off RINLVizag Steel Plant site on 22nd April, carrying 100 tons of Liquid Medical Oxygen to Maharashtra to meet medical exigencies of Covid patients.
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