Pre-Feasibility Report
For proposed enhancement of Phosphoric Acid Production from 700 MTPD to 1000 MTPD P2O5 and other
auxiliaryfacilities within the Existing Fertilizer Complex, Sriharipuram, Vishakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh
Submitted by
Coromandel International Limited Corporate Office
Coromandel International Limited Coromandel House, Sardar Patel Road,
Secunderabad 500 003, Telangana, India. T +91 40 27842034, F +91 40 27844117
Plant Address Post No 1116, Sriharipuram,
Visakhapatnam - 530011, Malkapuram Post
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Table of ContentsExecutive Summary ........................................................................................................................... 3 1. Overview of the proposal ........................................................................................................... 1 2. Prediction of Environmental Impacts, Management Plant and Proposed Monitoring Program ... 3 3. Cost of the project & Schedule ................................................................................................... 3 1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 4
1.1. About the Company ........................................................................................................... 4 1.2. Environmental Friendly Operations ................................................................................ 7 1.3. Corporate Social Responsibility Programs Implemented .............................................. 11 1.4. Need for Upgrading the Upstream Units of the NP NPK Fertilizer Plant atVisakhapatnam .......................................................................................................................... 13
2. Details of the Existing Facility ................................................................................................... 15 2.1. Existing Consents and Production Aspects ........................................................................ 15 2.2. Details of the Raw Material Receipts and Wharf Facilities ................................................ 17 2.3. Overall Production Operations ......................................................................................... 18
2.3.1. Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid and Phosphoric Acid ................................................. 18 2.3.2. Manufacture of Complex Fertilizers .......................................................................... 21 2.3.3. Phosphoric Acid Plant– Process Description .............................................................. 22 2.3.4. Sulphuric Acid Plant - Process description ................................................................. 23
2.4. Summary of Various Environmental Management Aspects Implemented in the Existing Facility 25
2.4.1. Air emissions control ................................................................................................ 25 2.4.2. Wastewater generation, Treatment and Reuse ......................................................... 25 2.4.3. Gypsum Management .............................................................................................. 26 2.4.4. Solid and Hazardous Waste Management ................................................................. 26 2.4.5. Greenbelt and plantation ......................................................................................... 26
3. Proposed Facilities ................................................................................................................... 27 3.1. Overview.......................................................................................................................... 27 3.2. Proposed Facilities - Process Description .......................................................................... 29
3.2.1. Sulphuric Acid Manufacturing Plants ........................................................................ 29 3.2.2. Proposed Phosphoric Acid Plant ............................................................................... 31 3.2.3. Utilities and Supporting Facilities .............................................................................. 32
3.3. Project Cost and Implementation Schedules..................................................................... 34
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List of Tables
Table 1.1 Details of the Existing and Proposed Capacities of the Facility ............................................ 2
Table 2.1 Summary of Various Environmental Clearances Issued for the Existing Facility ................. 15 Table 2.2 Wastewater Generation ................................................................................................... 26 Table 3.1 Details of the Existing and Proposed Capacities of the Facility .......................................... 28 Table 3.2 Site for Proposed enhancement of Phosphoric Acid Plant ................................................. 29 List of Figures Figure 1.1 Location of The Coromandel International Limited- Visakhapatnam plant in Andhra Pradesh ............................................................................................................................................. 5 Figure 1.2 Coromandel International Limited- Visakhapatnam plant and Its Vicinity ......................... 7 Figure 1.3 Various Awards Received by Coromandel International Limited – Visakhapatnam plant .... 9 Figure 1.4 Greenbelt and Plantation Activities at – Visakhapatnam plant ......................................... 11 Figure 2.1 Google Map Showing the Existing Wharf Area and Facilities ............................................ 18 Figure 2.2 Process Flow Diagram ..................................................................................................... 20 Figure 3.1 Typical View of existing Alkali scrubbers in Sulphuric acid plants ..................................... 30 Figure 3.2 Typical SAP Manufacturing Process ................................................................................. 31 Figure 3.3 Typical Process Flow Diagram of Phosphoric Acid ............................................................ 32
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Executive Summary
1. Overview of the proposal
Coromandel International Ltd (Coromandel), formerly Coromandel Fertilizers Ltd, was established
in 1961. The company went public in 1964. It is promoted by the Murugappa group. Coromandel
was formed by the joint efforts of two major companies of the US, namely Chevron Chemical Co
and International Minerals and Chemicals Corp. Coromandel is a leading manufacturer of a wide
range of fertilisers and pesticides. The company has phosphatic fertiliser plants at Visakhapatnam
and Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, and Ennore and Ranipet in Tamil Nadu. The company’s
manufacturing plant at Visakhapatnam presently produces NP, NPK and water soluble fertilizers.
The facility was issued environmental compliance MOEF, vide letter no. F.NO. J-11011/388/2006-
IA-II (I) dated 18 May 2007, no. F.NO. J-11011/314/2007-IA-II(I), dated 31st August 2007 and no.
F.NO. J-11011/548/2008-IA-II (I) dated 10th June 2009.
Coromandel International Limited, Visakhapatnam, the existing facility is able to produce
3000MTPD (average daily production in a year) of various NP / NPK fertilizer products at the
existing facility as against the permitted and consented production capacity of 3900MTPD.
In order to achieve consented production of 3900 MTPD NP/NPK production, the facility
intends to adopt the following modifications and upgrades in the upstream of the complex
fertilize manufacturing units. Since the existing A, B and C granulation plants have adequate
capacity to generate a maximum daily production of 3900 MTPD of complex fertilizers, no
modifications and upgrades are envisaged under this upgrade program.
1. Enhancing Phosphoric acid plant production capacity from 700 MTPD to 1000
MTPD P2O5 including evaporation section and fluorine recovery unit.
2. De-bottlenecking the existing sulphuric acid plant-1 from 1400 MTPD to 1700
MTPD,
3. De-bottlenecking the existing sulphuric acid plant -2 from 300MTPD to 400MTPD,
4. Installing a 40MTPH coal fired boiler to meet the additional steam required for the
increased evaporation capacity.
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5. Installing a 5 MW back pressure turbine in order to maximize the efficiency of steam
utilization.
6. Installing of storage facility for a capacity of 20000 MT (P2O5 solution)
forphosphoric acid.
7. Installation of 400 MTPD evaporation system for phosphoric acid including fluorine
recovery system.
Details of the current and future capacities of various plants are presented in Table 1. It can
be inferred from the data presented in the table that the overall production capacity (final
product) in the plant will remain unchanged from the consented production capacity of 3900
TPD.
Table 1.1 Details of the Existing and Proposed Capacities of the Facility
Parameter Units Existing installed/ permitted capacity
Additional Quantity Envisaged under Upgrade Scheme
Total Capacity –Post Project
Scenario Complex fertilizers
Total main plant production TPD 3900 No addition 3900 Sulphuric Acid
SAP 1 TPD 1400 300 1700 SAP 2 TPD 300 100 400 Imports TPD 1200 500 1700 Total SA TPD 2900 900 3800 Phosphoric Acid
PA (as P2O5) TPD 700 300 1000 PA Import (as P2O5) ** TPD 300 -300 0 Total PA (as P2O5) TPD 1000 0 1000 Steam generation capacityof Boilers
LSHS Fired boilers TPH 1x31 +1x48 No addition 79 Waste-heat boilers in SAPs TPH 1x65 +1x15 21 101 Coal Fired boiler TPH NA 40 40 Total steam generation TPH 159 61 220 Power Generation Capacity
Existing DG Sets (stand by) MW 1x4+1x4 No addition 8 Steam Turbo Generator (Condensing + Back pressure)
MW 5 5 10
Total installed power generation
MW 13 5 18
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8. Prediction of Environmental Impacts, Management Plant and Proposed Monitoring Program
1) Land Environment-Existing wharf within the lease area will cater to the imports of
the additional sulphuric acid. Depending on the type of grade of the complex fertilizer
manufactured at the site, any additional quantities of the phosphoric acid, if required
will be imported. Necessary supporting facilities such as coal storage and handling,
additional rock phosphate storage godowns will be constructed at the facility.
2) Air Environment- Depending on the availability of type of coal, both indigenous and
imported coal will be used for steam generation in the proposed coal fired boiler.
Typical consumption of the imported coal with 4900 Kcal/Kg will be in the order of
168MTPD. The total estimated SO2 emission rate from the plant after up-gradation of
SAP 1, SAP2 and proposed coal fired boiler will be in the order of 3204 Kg/day as
against the permitted and consented quantity of about 3286 Kg/day. An adequately
designed stack will be constructed as per the CPCB minimum stack height guidelines.
3) Water and Waste water - The water requirement after post enhancement of
phosphoric acid production under up-gradation program will be 2500 m3/day.
Additional requirement will be met from Greater Vishakhapatnam Municipal
Corporation (GVMC)in addition to the existing water allocation of 9000 m3/day.As
this will be utilized in the process, no additional process waste water generation is
envisaged.
4) Solid and Hazardous Waste- Fly ash will be collected in dry form in fly silos and
the same will be disposed to local brick manufactures. Gypsum from the FGD will be
disposed along with the phospho gypsum to the cement industries.
9. Cost of the project & Schedule
The estimated project cost of the proposed upgrades and installations will be in the order of
Rs. 225 Crores.Out of the above mentioned capital cost, about Rs. 11 Crores has been
budgeted towards upgrading the existing scrubbers in SAP # 1 and SAP # 2 units, installation
of dust collection systems, stack gas scrubber and Fluorosilicic acid recovery unit within the
proposed PAP unit, dry lime-stone injection system in the proposed coal fired boiler etc.
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The project will be commenced after obtaining necessary approvals from regulatory authorities and
will be completed within 18 months period.
1. Introduction
1.1. About the Company
Coromandel International Ltd (Coromandel), formerly Coromandel Fertilizers Ltd, was
established in 1961. The company went public in 1964. It is promoted by the Murugappa
group. Coromandel was formed by the joint efforts of two major companies of the US,
namely Chevron Chemical Co and International Minerals and Chemicals Corp. Coromandel
is a leading manufacturer of a wide range of fertilisers and pesticides. The company has
phosphatic fertiliser plants at Visakhapatnam and Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, and Ennore
and Ranipet in Tamil Nadu. It produces phosphatic fertilisers, plant protection chemicals,
speciality nutrients, sulphur bentonite and potash. Some of the major products of the
Coromandel International Limited are complex fertilisers, including di-ammonium phosphate
(DAP), single super phosphate (SSP), speciality fertilizers etc. Its products are sold under the
brand names “Gromor”, “Paramfos”, “Parry Sulphur” and “Parry Gold”. The Coromandel
International limited, Visakhapatnam plant was commissioned in the year 1967 and
subsequently the plant was fully owned by M/s Murugappa group, from the year 1995. The
existing facility has grown several folds and catering to the complex fertilizer needs of the
country. The facility is involved in the manufacture of various NPK and fertilizer grades such
as 28-28-0, 14-35-14, 20-20-0-13, 10-26-26, 18-46-0 and 24-24-0-85 etc. depending on the
market demand and needs.
The company’s manufacturing plant at Visakhapatnam was the first in the country to
manufacture UAP and was commissioned during the year 1967. It presently produces NP,
NPK and water soluble fertilizers. The facility was majorly expanded in the year 2007 from a
production capacity of 2700 MTPD to the current consented capacity of 3900 MTPD. Prior
Environmental Clearance was obtained from the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF)
for the same. The existing facility is falling with the leased area of the Visakhapatnam Port
Trust area. Location of the facility is shown in Figure 1.1 and 1.2. The existing facility
comprises of raw material unloading wharf (captive jetty), material transporting pipelines and
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dedicated raw material transporting road from the wharf to plant site. The plant is located at
about 5Km from the wharf area. The main plant consists of two streams of sulphuric acid
manufacturing plant, one stream of phosphoric acid manufacturing plant, three streams of
complex fertilizer manufacturing units, one stream of granulated sulphur manufacturing
plant, one stream of Water Soluble Fertiliser, one stream of Customised Fertiliser Plant,
Power Generation through Steam Turbo Generator and Diesel Generators, Oil fired Boilers,
R&D centre, Solid and Liquid raw material and finished products storage facilities and other
supporting facilities including full-fledged air pollution control systems and wastewater
treatment facilities. The Raw materials for the manufacturing of Phosphatic Fertilisers
includes Rock Phosphate, Sulfur, Urea, Potash, MAP and Ammonia.
Figure 1.1Location of The Coromandel International Limited- Visakhapatnam plant in
Andhra Pradesh
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Figure 1.2 Coromandel International Limited- Visakhapatnam plant and Its Vicinity
1.2. Environmental Friendly Operations
The facility has been adopting a robust environmental management programs and have been
achieving the regulatory compliance and beyond in the existing facility. The facility was
issued environmental compliance MOEF, vide letter no. F.NO. J-11011/388/2006-IA-II (I),
dated 18 May 2007, no. F.NO. J-11011/314/2007-IA-II(I), dated 31st August 2007 and no.
F.NO. J-11011/548/2008-IA-II (I), dated 10th June 2009. The consent to operate under Air
(Prevention) and Control of Pollution Act and Water (Prevention) and Control of Pollution
Act are being obtained as per the norms and guidelines of the Andhra Pradesh Pollution
Control Board (APPCB) from time to time. The latest consent to operate issued by APPCB
vide letter no. APPCB.VSP/VSP/65/CFO/HO/2015-454, dated 21 April 2015, is valid up to
31st October 2016. Copy of the environmental clearances and consent to operate are enclosed
as Annexure 1.
The environmental department headed by a qualified and senior executive has been
implementing various environmental compliance, environmental monitoring and
management aspects in the existing facility. Six monthly environmental compliance reports
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are regularly submitted to MOEF Regional office. Online monitoring systems on consented
stacks and treated wastewater discharge line have been installed as per the CPCB directions
and state pollution control board guidelines. The facility is meeting the stipulated emissions
and wastewater discharge quality norms. A massive greenbelt/plantation area has been
developed in an area of 127 acres. Typical view of the existing green belt is shown in Figure
1.4.
The facility has won the following awards and certifications from various reputed
organizations and agencies for various environment and energy conservation aspects:
Implemented ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 systems in the existing facility.
Implemented 5S Productivity management systems and achieved award for resource
optimization and conservation for achieving highest quality in the plant operations.
Won Energy conservation awards and Water Conservation awards from CII.
British Council 'Five Star' rating for Safety Management Systems
CII EXIM-BANK Business Excellence Award for 'Strong Commitment to Excel' for
Vizag & Kakinada Plants.
FAI Best Production Performance Award for the Phosphoric Acid Plant at Vizag
received 14timesout of 21 occasions.
Won Best Innovation and Breakthrough Award from Skoch and Frost & Sullivan for
Green Belt development in Phospho Gypsum heaps through Bio-remediation Process
which is first of its kind in world.
Best Management Award
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Energy efficient unit award received
from CII Green Plantation in Phospho gypsum sediments -Skoch Renaissance Award
Frost & Sullivan – Innovation of year
Award for Green Plantation in Phospho Gypsum
Best Operating Phosphoric acid plant awardfrom FAI
Figure 1.3Various Awards Received by Coromandel International Limited –
Visakhapatnam plant
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Figure 1.4Greenbelt and Plantation Activities at – Visakhapatnam plant
1.3. Corporate Social Responsibility Programs Implemented
Coromandel's business interest is not limited to commercial profit alone. Its corporate
responsibility does not stop with merely increasing shareholder value. Coromandel associates
with various community development activities in the communities around its manufacturing
facilities as well as in the markets in which it operates. Coromandel played a major role in the
construction of a super speciality wing at St. Ann's Jubilee Memorial Hospital,
Visakhapatnam by donating Rs.60 lakhs. The wing was named after the erstwhile Chairman,
Late Dr. Bharat Ram. The hospital is a charitable institution located in the neighbourhood of
the Visakhapatnam Plant, catering to the medical needs of the underprivileged sections of
society. Equipment such as dialysis unit, ultramodern ventilator, laparoscope and portable X-
ray were also donated. This fully equipped wing caters to around 120 patients a month.
Coromandel donated Rs.10 million towards the Chief Minister's Relief Fund for the
thousands rendered homeless in the devastating floods in Kurnool and Krishna districts of
Andhra Pradesh.
Coromandel donated Rs. 10 million towards Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for the
rehabilitation of victims during HudHud cyclone.
The Rural Girl Child Education scheme was initially introduced in Andhra Pradesh. Enthused
by its success, Coromandel extended the scheme to Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Orissa and
Maharashtra. Top girl child scorers in class IX are selected from Government and Zilla
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Parishad schools to receive an award towards their books, uniforms, feeds and other
educational needs. This helped about 4300 rural girl students back in school.
Coromandel conducts mega medical camps for the economically challenged people from the
neighbouring villages surrounding its Plants. The Company organises medically reputed
specialists from various fields and sets up multi-speciality camps through which more than
1000 people are benefited from each camp.
Coromandel is operating Medical Outreach Centre for the benefit of nearby communities of
50000 population.
St. Ann's Jubilee Memorial Hospital, Visakhapatnam
Coromandel donated Rs.10 million towards the Chief Minister's Relief Fund for the
thousands rendered homeless in the devastating floods in Kurnool and Krishna districts of Andhra Pradesh.
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Best Management Award
Mega Medical Camps
1.4. Need for Upgrading the Upstream Units of the NP NPK Fertilizer Plant atVisakhapatnam
As per the current scenario, the facility is able to produce 3000MTPD(average daily
production in a year) of various NP / NPK fertilizer products at the existing facilityas against
the permitted and consented production capacity of 3900MTPD due to the following factors.
Phosphoric acid, a critical raw material for the production of NP / NPK fertilizers is met
through captive production as well as imports from various countries as per the needs of
themarket demand.Due to shortage and irregular supplies of phosphoric acid from
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international market and also due to reduced availability of the high grade rock phosphate for
in-house production of phosphoric acid, the facility is not able to address the market demand.
In order to ensure availability of the Phosphoric acid for achieving the full production
capacity of 3900MTPD, enhancement of Phosphoric acid manufacturing facility from 700
MTPD to 1000 MTPD is critical.
Sulfuric acid is the raw material for producing the phosphoric acid. Additional sulphuric acid
is required for the manufacture of the current proposal of enhancement of phosphoric acid
facility. This will be met by de-bottle necking the existing sulphuric acid manufacturing units
of SAP1 andSAP2 to their rated design capacities. The additional sulphuric acid quantities
will be sourced from the local and international markets.
Since the main fertiliser production units (granulation plants A,B and C) have adequate
capacities to produce the consented and permitted production levels of 3900 MTPD.
Coromandel International Limited, Visakhapatnam plant will be able to achieve the desired
production levels by increasing the in-house Phosphoric acid production capacity. This
enhancement enables Coromandel to supply uninterrupted supply of fertiliser to the farming
community in all addressable markets, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in particular.
It helps in reducing the dependence on the highly fluctuating international supplies. By this a
better control on the overall production schedulesas directed by Ministry of Fertilisers,
Government of India is achieved. This is in line with ‘Make in India’ initiative directed by
Government of India
A detailed discussion on the proposed schemes under the plant upgrade scheme is presented
in Section 3 of this report.
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2. Details of the Existing Facility
2.1. Existing Consents and Production Aspects
The Environmental Clearances obtained in three stages and the details of the Environmental
Clearances are as given in Table 2.1. Copies of the environmental clearances issued for the
project are listed in Annexure 1.
Table 2.1Summary of Various Environmental Clearances Issued for the Existing Facility
S.No EC number Details on Environmental Clearance 1 J11011/388/2006-IA II (1) Dated
18.05.2007 For Enhanced production capacity of Phosphoric Acid Plant from 500 TPD to 700 TPD
2 J11011/314/2007-IA II (1) Dated 31.08.2007
For Enhanced production capacity of Complex Fertiliser Plant from 2700 MTPD to 3900 TPD
3 J11011/314/2007-IA II (1) Dated 10.06.2009
For Manufacturing of Customised Fertiliser Plant of Two streams of 300 TPD Each
The Brief status on Compliance of all the above threeEnvironmental Clearances obtained are
given below:
1) Monitoring the Fluorine emissions and meeting the standards of 25 mg/Nm3 from
the stack of phosphoric acid plant and reports are regularly submitted APPCB & RO-
MOEF.
2) The Gaseous Emission monitoring carried out regularly by both in-house Laboratory
and External MOEF Accredited Laboratory.
3) Cooling Tower Blow Down is reused in the process.
4) Ground water monitoring is done through testing the 5 nos of Piezometric wells
provided and reports submitted to APPCB regularly.
5) The Phospho Gypsum produced is disposed to various Cement Industries and also
for agricultural purposes.
6) Roof top rain water Harvesting is done with a capacityto recharge one million litres
per Annum.
7) The CFO obtained from APPCB under Water Act & Air Act has been renewed and
valid upto 31.10.2016
8) The Separate Environmental Management Cell is active in implementation of various
Environmental management programmes.
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9) The 2 nos of Alkali Scrubbers are provided for Sulphuric Acid Plant- 1 & Sulphuric
Acid Plant-2 and SO2 emissions of 1 Kg/MT and 0.65 Kg/MT of acid respectively as
stipulated by APPCB is monitored by CEMS and it is connected to APPPCB server.
10) The Multi-stage (Four-stage) scrubbing systems provided for A, B and C Trains and
the emissions of ammonia and fluorine are well within the prescribed limits.
11) Out of 438 Acres of Land Area the green-belt has been developed for 127 acres of
land & well maintained.
12) In Phosphoric Acid Plant, the fluorine recovery is done for converting it to Hydro
Fluoro-silicic Acid.
13) Bag filters are installed in Rock Grinding and reaction station to control dust
emission.
14) As a waste minimisation measure, the sulfur sludge generated is reused in
granulation plant. At all locations acid and effluent recovery pits are constructed for
collection and reuse in process.
15) The de-dusting points are connected to Cyclones for collecting the dust and reuse.
16) Water meters and Energy meters are provided for all plants.
17) Installed pipe conveyors to transfer raw material & product in order to avoid
spillages. Significant energy savings achieved after installation of pipe conveyors.
18) Waste Steam based Air pre-heaters are in operation in place of fuel fired furnaces for
generation of hot gases for drying the product in Granulation plants. (First of its
kind in world)
19) A state of art Effluent Treatment plant based on two stage lime neutralisation is in
operation.
20) HDPE lined pond for storage of Phospho Gypsum is in place.
21) Greening of existing phospho gypsum heaps is done by Bio-remediation process
using mycroizza technology (First of its kind in world)
The manufacturing facility has Consent to Operate& Hazardous waste authorization from
APPCB, which is validupto 31.10.2016 under Water & Air Act and Hazardous Wastes (M,H
& TBM)Rules respectively. Copy of the consent for operation is enclosed as Annexure 2.
The manufacturing facility is complying with all the conditions stipulated by APPCB
including Emission discharge standards of SO2 below 1 Kg/MT and 0.65 Kg/MT of sulphuric
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acid manufactured in SAP1 and SAP2 respectively. Phosphoric acid residues (Tank Bottom
sludge) are recycled back into Phosphoric Acid Reactor. The sulphur sludge produced in
sulfuric acid plant is recycled back into the process as a filler material in the granulation
plant. The manufacturing facility files Cess Returns in Form-1 as required under Section 5 of
Water Cess Act every month.
2.2. Details of the Raw Material Receipts and Wharf Facilities
The existing facility has the following raw material handling units: Raw material importing facility exclusively for Coromandel (wharf/jetty area) is located at
Visakhapatnam Port about 5Km away from the main plant and is connected by a dedicated
road of Coromandel. Rock phosphate, molten sulphur, solid sulphur, potash, MAP, urea and
ammonia are being unloaded at the existing wharf area.
Ammonia is currently imported at the existing fertilizer berth at wharf and directly
transferred to the plant through dedicated pipe line and stored in atmospheric Ammonia
storage tanks located in plant premises. The rock phosphate, which is the raw material for
phosphoric acid production is imported and stored initially in silos at wharf. Closed pipe
conveyors are also used for raw material transfer in order to minimize the dust emissions.
These solid raw materials are later transferred to plant by covered trucks through dedicated
road of Coromandel. Similarly Potash, Urea and Sulphur (solid sulphur and molten sulphur)
are also imported and transported through trucks.
The total requirement of phosphoric acid is about 1000 MTPD for 3900 MTPD of NP/NPK
product manufacturing, of which about 700 MTPD is manufactured internally and the
balance requirement of 300 MTPD is met through imports. Similarly, the total requirement of
sulphuric acid is about 2900 MTPD, of which about 1700 MTPD is manufactured internally
and the balance 1200 MTPD is met through imports. The phosphoric acid and sulphuric acid
are stored in dedicated storage tanks within the facility. Coromandel is having 7 Nos. of
phosphoric acid storage tanks (7 x 610 m3) and 4 Nos. of sulphuric acid storage tanks (total
11000 MT) within the facility.
Molten sulphur storages tanks of 15000 MT (2 X 7500 MT) capacity are present at fertilizer
berth facility and maintained with help of LSHS fired steam generating boilers. Molten
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sulphur is transferred to the plant through insulated trucks. Solid sulphur received from
jetty/wharf is stored in closed godowns having a capacity of 24000 MT. Rock phosphate
received from the jetty/wharf is stored in closed go-downs having a total capacity of 80,000
MT. Ammonia is stored in a atmospheric storage tanks of capacity 12500 MT located in the
plant premises. Urea received from jetty/wharf is stored in a closed godown having a capacity
of 30000 MT. Potash received from jetty/wharf is stored in a closed godown of 10000 MT.
Figure 2.1Google Map Showing the Existing Wharf Area and Facilities
2.3. Overall Production Operations
2.3.1. Manufacture of Sulphuric Acid and Phosphoric Acid
The primary raw materials required for the manufacture of complex fertilizers are Phosphoric
acid, sulphuric acid, ammonia, urea and potash. Sulphuric acid is also used in the
manufacturing of phosphoric acid. The rock phosphate received at the site is subjected to
grinding. Ground rock phosphate is reacted with sulphuric acid to form phosphoric acid and
gypsum slurry. This slurry is filtered to separate dilute phosphoric acid (26% P2O5) and
gypsum in a vacuum operated filter, which is further concentrated in evaporators to
concentrate to 47%P2O5 concentration.During the concentration of phosphoric acid, fluorine
vapours generated are recovered in the form of 18% Hydro fluoro silicic acid. The existing
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phosphoric acid is designed to produce 700 TPD as P2O5 of acid. Closed circuit cooling tower
is being used for cooling purpose in the evaporators system in the Phosphoric acid plant. The
sulphuric acid required for the main product and also for producing the Phosphoric acid is
met by both captive production as well as imports / sourced locally.
Two number of sulphuric acid manufacturing plants (1400TPD+300TPD) are in operation at
the facility. Sulphur is heated to the required temperature and fired in the combustion
chamber. The heat generated in the process is used for producing steam in respective waste
heat boilers which is consumed for process heating and balance steam for power generation.
Double Conversion Double Absorption technology (DCDA) has been adopted for the
manufacture of the sulphur acid. Five stage convertor is in place in both the sulphuric acid
plants. Dedicated alkali scrubbers are installed after the final absorption tower in each of the
sulphuric acid plant. Closed circuit fresh water based on cooling towers is being adopted in
the sulphuric acid.
Sea water is used for once through cooling in sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid manufacturing
and in steam turbo generator.
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Sulphuric acid Plant – I 1400 MTPD
Sulphuric acid Plant – II 300 MTPD
Sulphur Sulphur Water Air Water Air
Sulphuric Acid
Phosphoric acid Plant 700 MTPD
Water
Rock Phosphate By Product Gypsum
Evaporation & Fluorine Recovery
Granulation Plant 3900 MTPD (3 streams)
By Product Hydrofluorosilicic Acid
NP / NPK fertiliser
weak P2O5 Acid
strong P2O5 Acid
Products
Steam
Steam
Steam
Ammonia
Urea
Potash
Bought out Sulf Acid
Auxillary Boiler 48 MTPH 31 MTPH
LSHS
Diesel Generators
2 nos x 4 MW
LSHS
Turbo Generator 1 nos X 5 MW
Figure 2.2Process Flow Diagram
Bought out Phos Acid
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2.3.2. Manufacture of Complex Fertilizers
Existing facility consists of three streams of Granulation plants A, B and C. Plants A&B are
based on TVA Pre-Neutralization Technology supplied by M/s Wellman Lord, U.S.A, while
Plant C is based on Pipe Reactor Technology supplied by Incro, Spain.
The plants A, B and Care equipped with the following:
Multi Stage scrubbing system for dust, ammonia and fluorine removal.
Plant C is provided with high efficiency Pipe reactor.
Steam based hot air generation system for drying purpose.
Distributed Control System for Process Control.
Raw Materials required for the manufacture of complex fertilizers are, Liquid Ammonia,
Urea, Potash, sulphur, phosphoric acid at 26% concentration, phosphoric acid at 47%
concentration and sulphuric acid at 98.5 % concentration. The conventional process for
manufacturing complex Phosphatic (NP/NPK) Fertilizer involves the reaction between
ammonia, phosphoric and sulfuric Acid. The slurry thus formed containing upto 80-85% of
solids is then pumped into a Rotary Drum Granulator wherein it coats the recycled fertilizer
solid (of fine size) and Urea / Potash granules to form larger granules of complex fertiliser
prior to drying and separation of appropriately sized product granules. As a technological
improvement, Pipe Reactor is introduced to improve efficiency, quality & throughput. Pipe
Reactor is positioned such that the spray from the outlet of the reactor falls directly on to the
bed of recycled fertilizer in the Granulator. The feed of raw materials is carefully controlled
using high accuracy flow meters to ensure the desired grade of fertilizers manufactured. The
Pipe Reactor allows a higher temperature operation of the reacting slurry & also eliminates
the problems of pumping the slurry into the Granulator. These allow better Granules & a
lower ratio of recycled fertilizer material to fresh feed material. Thus, for a given capacity of
the recycled fertilizer handling system the pipe reactor enables a higher throughput of
product.
The discharge from the Granulator is dried in a Rotary Dryer using hot air as a drying
medium, screened in industrial sieves to separate the oversize particles from the product size
Granules and under size fines material. The oversize is crushed in oversize Pulverizes and is
compounded with the under size fines to form the recycled fertilizer which is fed back to the
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Granulator. The product size granules are taken to the bulk storage and consequently to the
bagging plant as and when required for bagging operations prior to despatch from factory.
2.3.3. Phosphoric Acid Plant– Process Description
The process technology adopted for the manufacturing of Phosphoric Acid is the
conventional Di-hydrate process. The imported rock phosphate is stored in a closed godown,
within the factory, is transported to the Grinding area. The Ball Mill with open loop grinding
arrangement is envisaged to crush the rock phosphate to the appropriate size and will be
stored in an intermediate silo. Ground Rock is then conveyed to Phosphoric acid plant using
state of art Pipe Conveyor system.This rock phosphate is then carefully weighed on automatic
electronic weigh feeders and fed to the Reaction Vessel. Sulphuric acid is diluted, cooled and
mixed with the rock phosphate. The formed slurry is intensely agitated using specially
designed agitators in a circular Reaction Tank. This slurry is well agitated in the outer
compartment to facilitate the completion of reaction between rock phosphate and sulfuric
Acid before entering an inner vessel placed within the circular tank. This vessel is designed
to allow de-super saturation and then slurry enters Filter Feed Tank. The entire slurry is
pumped into Horizontal Belt Filter (HBF). Cooling Air is impinged on the reaction mass for
cooling. The filtration is carried out on HBF to ensure the separation of the liquid phosphoric
acid from the solid calcium sulphate (otherwise known as phosphogypsum). The
phosphogypsum is washed repeatedly using fresh water to ensure complete recovery of
phosphoric acid. The washings of the filter cake are recycled to the main reaction tank. The
product phosphoric acid is transferred to storage and the washed filter cake is transported to
the gypsum handling yard. The gases containing the fluorides are recovered using the suction
fans from the various vessels of the plant and scrubbed with fresh water to ensure recovery of
fluorides containing compounds from the gases. The fluoride free gas is then vented through
a high stack.
Ca3(PO4)2 + 3H2SO4 + 2H2O 2H3PO4 + 3CaSO4.2H2O
Fluorine and silica containing gases liberated during Evaporation are led into fluorine
recovery unit, where the gases are absorbed in circulating water to produce
Hydrofluorosilicic acid, which is sold as a by-product.The phosphoric acid plant is designed
by M/s Dorr Oliver of U.S.A. The plant is provided with:
a) Multi stage Fumes Scrubber supplied by M/s MDEEL to scrub and recover the
Fluorine
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b) Pipe Conveyor System for dust transfer – with technology of M/s CKIT –
South Africa.
c) Fluorine Recovery Unit – with technology of M/s Nissan, Japan.
d) Distributed control system for the process control by M/s Yokogawa
e) Dry disposal of gypsum by M/s HDO
f) Effluent Treatment Plant – Treated effluent reused in the process by M/s HDO
2.3.4. Sulphuric Acid Plant - Process description
The process Technology used here is that of the Double Conversion Double Absorption
(DCDA) system with features incorporated for maximum energy recovery. Imported Sulfur is
in two states is being used(solid and molten form). The Solid sulfur granules are melted by
the use of steam, using coils placed in the melter pit and then is pumped through the sulfur
filter into a holding pit, while liquid sulfur is directly fed into the holding tank. The cleaned
sulfur is then pumped into the sulfur burner where in the presence of oxygen from the dry air
it is converted into Sulfur-di-Oxide. The air before being fed to sulfur burner is dried in
Drying tower using sulfuric acid as the medium for absorbing moisture from the air. The
heat generated in the reaction between sulfur& Oxygen is recovered as steam using the Waste
heat boiler. The cooled gas is then catalytically converted using vanadium pent-oxide to
sulfur tri-oxide. This reaction being exothermic raises the reacting gas temperature, the
resulting heat is then effectively recovered by superheating the steam, generated by the waste
heat boiler. After cooling, the gas is then further converted for the second time to produce
more sulfur tri-oxide. The resulting heat is then recovered in the Hot heat exchanger before
being sent to the converter for the 3rd time for more conversion to sulfur tri-oxide. The 3rd
pass obtains the conversion efficiency of up to 95% and the heat of reaction of the 3rd pass is
recovered in the Cold heat exchanger & economizer. The cooled gas containing substantial
quantities of sulfur tri-oxide is then sent to the intermediate absorption tower wherein it reacts
with water present in 98.5% circulating sulfuric acid to form 98.9% sulfuric acid. Water is
mixed with 98.9% sulfuric acid to make 98.5% sulfuric acid in circulation tank. The gas free
of sulfur tri-oxide is passed through the Mist Eliminator to ensure that droplets of sulfuric
acid are removed from the gas stream. This gas is then heated in the Cold and the Hot heat
exchangers to a temperature of 400 deg C before being sent into the 4th pass of the converter
wherein the small quantities of sulfur di-oxide is converted to the tri-oxide form. The heat of
reaction obtained here is also recovered in the economizer by heating the boiler feed water
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being sent to the waste heat boiler. The cooled gas containing the sulfur tri -oxide is then
absorbed in the final absorption tower using sulfuric acid to form the additional quantities of
sulfuric acid. The spent gasses are passed through alkali scrubber before being vented to the
atmosphere through a stack.
The steam produced in waste heat boiler is super heated in the super heater placed
downstream of the first pass of the converter is then used to
1) Generate power in captive Turbo Generator Power plant (5 MW).
2) Run Sulphuric acid plant Main Air Blower.
3) Hot air generator for drying in granulation plant.
4) The Exhaust steam from Main Air Blower is then used as
a) Heating medium in the Evaporation Section of Phosphoric Acid Plant.
b) Heat medium in Granulation Section of Complex Fertiliser Granulation Plant
c) A part of the steam is also used for heating the sulfur in the melters and de-
aerating the fresh boiler feed water.
The product acid from circulation tank is pumped through the Drying Tower cooler before transfer to the sulfuric acid storage tanks.
Reactions:
S + O2 SO2
V2O5 SO2 + ½ O2 SO3 SO3 + H2 SO4 + H2O 2H2SO4
At Coromandel, Visakhapatnam there are 2 streams of Sulfuric acid plants, SAP-I and SAP-II
of 1400 TPD and 300 TPD respectively. The SAP-I and SAP-II plants are having converter
consisting of 5 catalyst beds.
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2.4. Summary of Various Environmental Management Aspects Implemented in the Existing Facility
2.4.1. Air emissions control
Screw un-loader is provided in wharf area to unload raw material of Sulphur, Rock Phosphate
etc., to avoid spillages. The imported molten sulphur facility is established to minimise solid
Sulphur consumption. The Sulphuric Acid manufacturing Plants has adopted DCDA process
for better conversion. Alkali scrubbers are installed in sulfuric acid plant I and II for
minimising emissions. Coromandel has stopped fuel consumption in the complex fertiliser
plants by installing steam based air pre-heaters. The required power is being generated by
steam TG (Turbo Generator), where the steam generated from the sulphuric acid plant is
used. Coromandel has installed on-line stack analysers (CEMS) in Sulphuric acid plants for
continuous monitoring of SO2. Coromandel has provided telescopic chute in the storage
godowns to avoid fugitive emissions. The dust collection system provided to control dust
from the screens, crushers and conveyors. Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring
stations are installed at 3 locations within the factory premises.
Fluorine Recovery Process:The vapour evolved during evaporation of phosphoric acid is
containing fluorine which is converted to Hydro-fluro silicic acid using absorbers. The
fluorine is recovered as H2SiF6 and sold as a valuable by-product and thereby minimizing
pollution load.
Four number of bag filters are installed to control the dust generated from handling of rock
phosphate. Closed type pipe conveyors are used for the transfer of rock phosphate thereby
preventing dust emissions.
The Disaster Management Plan has been prepared and kept in place.
2.4.2. Wastewater generation, Treatment and Reuse
Coromandel is having full-fledged ETP comprising two stage neutralisation and
clariflocculator etc., to treat effluent generated from acid plants. Effluent generated from
Fertiliser Plant is being recycled. Cooling tower blow-down is reused in the process. The
treated effluent is discharged into sea at a distance of more than 6 KM through channel.
There are 5 nos. of Piezo metric wells located to monitor ground water quality.
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Table 2.2Wastewater Generation
S.No Source Permitted Discharge Quantity as per CFO – m3/day
Point of Disposal as per the consent
1 Process and Washings 7890 Outfall into sea through a dedicated canal.
2 Cooling Tower Blow-down 60000 Outfall into sea through a
dedicated canal. 3 Domestic Sewage 520 Septic Tank followed by Soak
Pit arrangement
2.4.3. Gypsum Management
Coromandel has adopted dry disposal system replacing the wet disposal of Gypsum and
provided lining to an extent of 10 acres of existing Gypsum pond. Coromandel has provided
HDPE & Geo membrane liner under the wagon loading area where gypsum is stored and
transported to cement industries. About 18 acres of old gypsum storage area has been
reclaimed with plantation with the help of TERI.
2.4.4. Solid and Hazardous Waste Management
Coromandel generates other solid wastes like spent catalysts, used oils and acid residues etc.,
which are being disposed as per the Hazardous Waste Authorisation. Sludge generated from
Effluent Treatment Plant is recycled into process.
2.4.5. Greenbelt and plantation
Out of 436 acres of the total extent of the land, 127 acres are developed as Green Belt.
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3. Proposed Facilities
3.1. Overview
In order to achieve consented production of 3900 MTPD NP/NPK production, the facility
intends to adopt the following modifications and upgrades in the upstream of the complex
fertilize manufacturing units. Since the existing A, B and C granulation plants have adequate
capacity to generate a maximum daily production of 3900 MTPD of complex fertilizers, no
modifications and upgrades are envisaged under this upgrade program.
1. De-bottlenecking the existing sulphuric acid plant 1 from 1400 MTPD to 1700
MTPD,
2. De-bottlenecking the existing sulphuric acid plant2 from 300MTPD to 400MTPD,
3. Enhancing Phosphoric acid plant production capacity from 700 MTPD to 1000
MTPD P2O5 including evaporation section and fluorine recovery unit.
4. Installing a 40MTPH coal fired boiler to meet the additional steam required for the
increased evaporation capacity.
5. Installing a 5 MW back pressure turbine in order to maximize the efficiency of steam
utilization.
6. Installing of storage facility for a capacity of 20000 MT (P2O5 solution) for
phosphoric acid.
7. Installation of 400 MTPD evaporation system for phosphoric acid including fluorine
recovery system.
It has been estimated that for generating 1000 MTPD of phosphoric acid and also utilization
in the main products during the post project scenario, about 3800 TPD of sulphuric acid will
be required. By upgrading the existing sulphuric acid plants about 2100 TPD of sulphuric
acid can be generated. Hence the balance additional 1700 TPD of sulphuric acid will be
sourced from the imports post project. Depending on the type of grade of the complex
fertilizer manufactured at the site, any additional quantities of the phosphoric acid, if required
will be imported. Necessary supporting facilities such as coal storage and handling, additional
rock phosphate storage godowns will be constructed at the facility.
Details of the current and future capacities of various plants are presented in Table 3.1. It can
be inferred from the data presented in the table that the overall production capacity of final
product in the plant will remain unchanged from the consented production capacity.
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Table 3.1Details of the Existing and Proposed Capacities of the Facility
Parameter Units
Existing installed/ permitted capacity
Additional Quantity Envisaged under Upgrade Scheme
Total Capacity –Post Project
Scenario
Complex fertilizers Total main plant production TPD 3900 No addition 3900
Sulphuric Acid SAP 1 TPD 1400 300 1700
SAP 2 TPD 300 100 400 Imports TPD 1200 500 1700 Total SA TPD 2900 900 3800 Phosphoric Acid
PA (as P2O5) TPD 700 300 1000 PA Import (as P2O5) ** TPD 300 -300 0 Total PA (as P2O5) TPD 1000 0 1000 Steam generation capacityof Boilers
LSHS Fired boilers TPH 1x31 +1x48 No addition 79 Waste-heat boilers in SAPs TPH 1x65 +1x15 21 101 Coal Fired boiler TPH NA 40 40 Total steam generation TPH 159 61 220 Power Generation Capacity
Existing DG Sets (stand by) MW 1x4+1x4 No addition 8 Steam Turbo Generator (Condensing + Back pressure)
MW 5 5 10
Total installed power generation
MW 13 5 18
** The quantity of PA import will depend on the Grade of fertiliser production.
Location of the proposed facilities to be installed within the existing facility is shown in
Figure 3.1. Layout showing teh prosed facilities is enclosed as Annexure 3.
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Figure 3.1: Location of Proposed facilities
Table 3.2Site for Proposed enhancement of Phosphoric Acid Plant
3.2. Proposed Facilities - Process Description
3.2.1. Sulphuric Acid Manufacturing Plants
The existing sulphuric acid plants are designed based on the contact process with double
conversion and double absorption system (DCDA). Sulphur after melting is filtered and
stored in pits. Sulphur is fired in furnace to produce sulphur dioxide and it is further
converted into SO3 in five stage convertor. SO3 is absorbed in circulated acid in absorption
SAP#1
SAP#2
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towers and thus acid produced is cooled and stored in storage tanks. The waste-heat
generated from combustion process is utilized for generation of steam. In addition to this,
intermediate economizers are also in place to recover the heat by preheating the boiler feed
water required for steam generation. Based on the preliminary study, it has been observed
that the existing five stage convertors in both the plants are adequate to produce enhanced
capacities. Hence it has been proposed to install the following additional units in each of the
SAP unit to enhance the production from 1400 TPD to 1700 TPD in SAP1 and 300 TPD to
400 TPD in SAP2 respectively.
Description SAP#1 SAP#2 Air blower up-gradation Yes Yes Waste heat boiler system up-gradation Yes Yes Up-gradation of absorption towers Yes Yes Up-gradation of heat recovery system Yes Yes Upgradation of alkali scrubber Yes Yes Typical requirements of raw materials and utilities of the proposed enhancement of 400
MTPD sulphuric acid are as follows:
Total sulphur feed : 135 MTPD
Sea water cooling requirement : 10000 m3/day
Fresh water requirement : 600 m3/day
Power requirement : 1 MW
SAP # 1 SAP # 2
Figure 3.1Typical View of existing Alkali scrubbers in Sulphuric acid plants
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Figure 3.2Typical SAP Manufacturing Process
3.2.2. Proposed Phosphoric Acid Plant
Similar to the existing Phosphoric Acid plant (PAP), proposed enhancement of phosphoric
acid plant capacity will also be designed and operated based on Di-Hydrate process.
Additional rock phosphate also will be imported along with the current requirement at our
wharf from the prevailing sources and will be transported to the plant. The existing rock
phosphate storage facilities will be enhanced accordingly. The rock phosphate will be ground
in a dedicated grinding mill at the site and the ground rock phosphate will be stored in
dedicated storage bins intended for the proposed enhanced capacity. Additional gypsum
produced from the facility will be disposed to cement industries. The proposed enhancement
of Phosphoric acid plant consist of the following units: (1). Reaction section, (2) filtration
section (3) Phosphoric acid concentration section, (4). Fluorine recovery unit, (5). Phosphoric
acid storage tank and (6). Phosphoric acid scrubbing systems.
Typical requirements of raw materials and utilities of the proposed enhancement of 300
MTPD Phosphoric acid are as follows:
Total phosphate rock feed : 1000 MTPD
Sulphuric acid required : 900MTPD
Steam requirement for evaporation and filtration: 40MTPH
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Sea water cooling requirement : 15000 m3/day
Additional phospho gypsum produced : 1650 MTPD
Fresh water requirement : 2000 m3/day
Power requirement : 5 MW
Figure 3.3Typical Process Flow Diagram of Phosphoric Acid
3.2.3. Utilities and Supporting Facilities
3.2.3.1. Steam Demand and Proposed Coal Fired Boiler
The total steam demand in the existing facility is about 80 TPH and the same will be in the
order of 133 TPH during the post project scenario. About 101 TPH of steam will be
generated from the waste-heat boilers and the balance steam can be sourced from a new coal
fired boiler of capacity 40 TPH. The existing two number of LSHS boilers will be kept as
stand-by mode for operation during the emergency needs. The proposed coal fired boiler will
be a circulating fluidized bed combustion boiler (CFBC) with necessary provision of dry lime
injection arrangement to capture sulphur dioxide generated during the combustion process
(Flue Gas De-sulphuriser - FGD). Depending on the availability of type of coal, both
indigenous and imported coal will be used for steam generation in the proposed coal fired
boiler. Typical ash and sulphur content in the imported coal will be in the order of 12% (max)
and 0.7% (max) respectively. Typical consumption of the imported coal with 4900 Kcal/Kg
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will be in the order of 168MTPD. Covered coal storage shed will be provided to
accommodate 15 days coal requirement of the boiler. SO2 emission from the proposed coal
fired boiler will be in the order of 581 Kg/day. The total estimated SO2 emission rate from the
plant after upgradation of SAP 1, SAP2 and proposed coal fired boiler will be in the order of
3204 Kg/day as against the permitted and consented quantity of about 3286 Kg/day. An
adequately designed stack will be constructed as per the CPCB minimum stack height
guidelines. Fly ash will be collected in dry form in fly ash silos and the same will be disposed
to local brick manufactures. Gypsum from the FGD will be disposed along with the phospho
gypsum to the cement industries.
3.2.3.2. Electrical Energy Demand
The average electrical energy demand in the existing facility is in the order of 14 MW. The
facility has contracted grid power of 12MW, Hydel power of 1MW and in-house steam
turbine capacity of 5MW. The net available power for the existing operation is in the order of
18MW. The additional electrical power demand during the post project scenario will be
5MW with a total gross demand of 19MW. In order to meet the additional power demand in
the plant, it has been proposed to apply for additional grid contact demand of 5MW and a
new steam turbine (back pressure turbine) of capacity 5MW has been considered under the
proposed upgrade scheme. The additional steam generated from the SAP1 & SAP2 and the
proposed coal fired boiler will be passed through a back pressure steam turbine to generate
about 5MW and the low pressure steam will be used for evaporator section in the enhanced
capacity of Phosphoric acid plant.
3.2.3.3. Water Demand and Wastewater Generation
The raw water requirement after post enhancement of phosphoric acid production under
upgradation program will be 2600 m3/day. Additional requirement will be met from Greater
Vishakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC)in addition to the existing water allocation
of 9000 m3/day. As this will be utilized in the process, no additional process waste water
discharge is envisaged.
Once through sea water cooling system is place since the inception of the plant in 1967. The
facility is consented to draw about 63,000 m3/day through a dedicated canal at the facility.
The additional 25,000 m3/day of sea water required for cooling during the post project
scenario also will be sourced from the existing sea water canal. No additional infrastructure
Annexure 1
Existing Environmental Clearance and its amendment
Annexure 2 Consent to Operate of the Existing Facilities
Annexure 3 Layout showing the Proposed Facilities