The Hazira factory of ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India (AM/NS India) has completed the commissioning of its fifth Air Separation Unit, according to INOX Air Products (INOXAP), India’s largest maker of industrial and medical gases (ASU). From design through commissioning, the entire process took fifteen months, compared to a global industry standard of twenty-seven months.
The 350-crore ASU can produce 700 tonnes of gaseous oxygen and 300 tonnes of gaseous nitrogen per day, as well as a variety of liquid medicinal and industrial gases. When completed, the gas complex will have a total production capacity of more than 9,000 TPD of industrial gases.
INOXAP’s engineers began construction on the ASU in February 2021, to enable AM/NS India to fulfil increased oxygen and nitrogen demand as it increased steel production at its flagship Hazira facility from 7.2 MTPA to 8.6 MTPA. INOXAP’s engineering achievement was accomplished despite the second wave of covid 19.
