Ironmaking

Dasturco, since its inception, has been working in blast furnace plants in various modes. Dasturco’s experience in this field started with preparation of project reports for Bokaro Steel Plant for Govt. of India in the year 1958. Even before that, Dasturco had prepared preliminary civil design in the year 1955 for blast furnace for Krupp-Indien for Rourkela Steel Plant in India. Since then, Dasturco got assignments for services in various forms for more than 20 pig iron projects and almost equal number of integrated steel plants in India having BF as ironmaking process route which includes sinter plant and coke oven and by-product plants also.

The department offers solution to the steel industries in the areas of iron ore sintering, blast furnace ironmaking, pig iron plants, coke making in recovery and non-recovery routes, by-product plant, auxiliary fuel injection in blast furnaces, energy saving and waste heat recovery systems in ironmaking areas.

NATURE OF SERVICES OFFERED

The nature of services offered by ironmaking sections are:

• Techno-economic feasibility study.
  
  
• Detailed project report.
  
  
• Total consultancy services for ironmaking projects.
  
  
• Relocation of old plant units.
  
  
• Upgradation and modernisation of existing facilities.

In order to render the above services the following activities are generally undertaken by the ironmaking section:

• Field study for data collection.
  
  
• Process route evaluation.
  
  
• Preparation of technical specification of plant and equipment.
  
  
• Preparation of layouts, flow sheets, material balance etc.
  
  
• Selection of technology and technology supplier.
  
  
• Technical bid evaluation and vendor selection.
  
  
• Scrutiny of vendors, engineering and drawings.
  
  
• Detailed engineering in specific areas.
  
  
• Coordination of ironmaking projects including site activities.
  
  
• Commissioning assistance in specific areas.
  
  
• Technical audit and assessment of old plant.
  
  
• Upgradation and modernisation scheme for existing facilities.

Some of the major plants for which total consultancy services have been rendered are:

• Tata Steel ‘G’ BF, NACAST BF, RINL BF, SISCOL MBF, Tata Steel SP-2, Tata Steel SP-3, RSP SP-2, NACAST SP, SISCOL SP, COBP of RSP, COBP of RINL and COBP of DPL.

Some of the major plants relocated/upgraded are:

• Blast furnace of Ispat Metallics at Dolvi
• Upgraded ‘G’ BF of Tata Steel
• Modernised ‘F’ BF of Tata Steel

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Andhra Pradesh	Tata Steel Ltd, Jharkhand	Ispat Metallics India Ltd. Maharashtra
Tata Steel Ltd, Jharkhand	Rourkela Steel Plant Orissa	Durgapur Projects Limited West Bengal
Tata Steel Ltd, Jharkhand	Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Andhra Pradesh

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