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Unit of Saurashtra Cement Ltd. at Ranavav, Gujarat, IndiaSaurashtra Cement Ltd., promoted by The Mehta Group International Ltd.,
having over four decades of experience in the cement industry is a major player in the
western India. Apart from cement, the group has interest in Sugar, Agriculture, Cables,
etc. in India as well as a number of other countries.
The plant with installed capacity of 0.87 mio
tons per annum, supplied by FULLER (USA) was commissioned in 1984. The plant capacity has
been enhanced in two phase as under :
Phase I :
1.094 mio tons per annum
Phase II : 1.294 mio tons per annum
Owner
Saurashtra Cement Limited
Consultant
Holtec
Consulting Private Limited, India
Supply of Main Machinery
FL
Smidth, Denmark, Fuller USA, IKN Germany, Fuller India and Larsen & Toubro, India
Special
Features
- Installation of Semi-Mobile Crusher and
Limestone Preblending stockpile
- Upgradation of Raw Mill by replacing
Conventional Rotary Classifier with High Efficiency Separator and Mill Cyclones with
Hurriclone Cyclones
- Installation of Bag House for Kiln/Raw Mill
- Installation of 5 Stage PH/PC parallel to
the existing PH
- Replacement of existing pneumatic transport
system for raw meal with bucket elevators
- Installation of gravimetric system for kiln
feed and fine coal control
- Part replacement of existing Cooler with new
generation IKN Pendulum Cooler
- Installation of state-of-art Plant
Automation and Control System
- New Cement Mill for clinker grinding
- New DG Set to meet emergency power needs
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Scope
of Consulting Services
- Preparation of Techno-economic Feasibility
Report for Modernisation/Expansion of the plant and discussions with Financial
Institutions
- Basic Engineering, Procurement, Detailed
Engineering & Inspection
- Project Implementation & Management
- Supervision of Construction, Erection, Trial
Runs and Commissioning
Key Project Data
| Quantities |
Project Drawings |
1080 Nos. |
Suppliers |
30 Nos. |
Execution Agencies |
3 Nos. |
| New Equipments |
Crusher |
1,000 tph |
Cement Mill |
150 tph |
DG Set |
6.4 MW |
| Capacity Enhancement |
Raw Mill |
220 – 280 tph |
Kiln |
2,500 – 3,750 tpd |
Achievements
- Reduction in Specific Power Consumption
(From 110 KWh/t to 88 KWh/t of cement)
- Reduction in Specific Fuel Consumption (From
830 Kcal/kg clinker to 720 Kcal/kg clinker)
- Reduction in dust emission levels (From 240
mg/Nm3 to 50 mg/Nm3.
- High Quality Product (53 Grade cement in
place of earlier 33 Grade)
- Optimised Plant Operations (Plant
availability of 330 days/annum at 90% capacity utilisation as against earlier plant
availability of 310 days/annum at 85% capacity utilisation)
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