Projects & Reports

Projects - Technology Development / Basic and Detailed engineering / Commissioning and Handover

• Vent mapping of emission points in acetaldehyde, crotonaldehyde, and ethyl acetate plants quantitative assessment.
• Gas emission control and recovery from Phthalocyanine pigment plant - producing 12 tons ammonium sulphate per day.
• Sulphur dioxide recovery from Clause process flue gases - 20,000 M3/hr, 1.5% SO2. Rs 20 crores.
• Recovery and recycle of acrylonitrile from process vents. - ongoing
• Carbon disulphide recovery from rayon plant effluent gases 45,000 M3/hr - 2 nos Rs 40 crores each
• Carbon disulphide recovery from rayon plant effluent gases - 30,000 M3/hr
• VOC Hexane recovery from vent gases
• Recovery of VOC methanol - methanol from plant effluent gases - multiple vents..
• Providing process design, engineering support to Clariant, Germany, for their proprietary solvent (Genosorb) recovery system. Multiclient
• Fugitive emission control in sulphuric plant and chromium chemical plant
• Carbon Tetrachloride (CTC) phase out - consultant to GIZ an organization of German Govt. - methodology of substitution, alternate formulations and resource person.
• Design, fabrication and commissioning of plants to supply dust free air - 40,000-120,000 M3/hr - 3 nos
• Design of plant for removal and recovery of lead dust from glass furnace flue gases.
• Complete project for the manufacture of nitric acid and sodium nitrate, grass root plant, Including design, construction and commissioning.
• Complete project for the manufacture of sodium nitrite. Product to by-product ratio 10:1
• Effluent pollution control scheme for a large electroplating unit.
• Phenol - formaldehyde resin automated resin plant
• Optimizing SBR production
• Revamp and capacity increase of Metaphenoxy Benzaldehyde(MPBA) from 90 tons to 150 tons,.
• Revamp of Cypermethric acid chloride (CMAC) plant - productivity increase and capacity augmentation from 25 tons to 100 tons
• Manufacture of CMAC, increasing capacity from 5 tons to 12 tons per month.
• Ammonia recovery from effluent stream, 200 tons per month.
• Revamping of sulphuric acid plant and chlorosulphonic acid plant.
• Development and commercialization of the process to manufacture Strontium chemicals from Indian ores. A total of 16 (barium free) strontium chemicals.
• Plant for the manufacture of potassium nitrate.
• Process improvements to antidiabetic drug plant, solvent recovery, etc.
• Refined free flow iodized salt projects - 7500 TPY, 30,000 TPY - Concept to commissioning.
• Manufacture of neem based natural pesticide, stable 25% azadirachtin - basic engineering - project cost Rs 18 crores.
• Setting up of Precipitated Calcium carbonate project 10,000 TPA- concept to commissioning.
• Revamping, modernization of facilities for synthetic resin production.
• Valuation of plant and machinery, advise on pollution control, improvements etc. for formaldehyde plant.
• Revamping, modernization, of formaldehyde plant, operating capacity increased from 65 tons/day to 100 tons/day.
• Revamping of formaldehyde plant -20 TPD to 35 TPD
• Concentrated nitric acid plant technical evaluation of offers negotiations and finalising of contract, planning of off sites utilities lay out etc
• Improvement in quality of Turkey red oil and cost reduction.
• Energy conservation studies and reduction in fuel consumption by 90 %.
• Design of equipment for the extraction of wheat germ oil.
• Conversion from lab. scale to commercial scale, process to manufacture gallic acid from gall nuts.
• Process to manufacture Barium Nitrate to military specification.
• Revamping of bromine plant.- bromine from sea bitterns - (2)
• Manufacture of phenolic brake lining resin - Know how and documentation.
• Development and commercialization of process for manf. of Potassium Nitrate to defence specifications.
• Design, development of prototype dhall (lentil) dryer.
• Manufacture of free flowing iodised salt
• Manufacture of Nitric acid
• Manufacture of Strontium Chemicals

Industrial Reports

• Coal gasification - with East China University of Science and Technology who have commissioned more than 15 gasification plants.
• Energy recovery from high temp. gases from furnaces and use in other in house processes. Potential savings - 340 tons LPG per year.The possibility of zero gaseous pollutant discharge. A step beyond combined heat and power more efficient use of unconventional energy resources
• The saving of lake Qaroun Egypt -reducing the salinity of lake -Technical and economic feasibility study for establishing a project for extraction of salts and manufacture of added value products - Project Cost $500 million.
• Phosgene chemistry -survey of information
• Phosphorus based flame retardants - A report
• Production of pure hydrogen from methanol reforming gases - feasibility
• Safety study - production of aryl isocyanates
• Review of Environment Impact Assessment for MDI project, pig iron project.
• Report on safety and hazards in hydrofluoric acid manufacture.
• Associated with safety audit of Caustic soda, chlorine plant
• Safety audit of VCM, PVC, and chloromethane facilities
• Safety audit of Distillery
• Concept report on production of chemicals from salt bitterns.
• Project report for production of acetic acid from alcohol
• A Comprehensive report on engineering plastics inluding Polycarbonate, PBT, Nylon, ABS, Polyacetal, Polyurethane, and Polyesters. Approx. 300 pages.
• Preliminary report on the extraction of azadirachtins from neem seed
• The feasibility of provision of feed stock from natural gas for vinyl chloride monomer - co-production of power and acetylene feed stock.
• Feasibility report for 1000 tons per day natural gas based methanol plant
• Feasibility report on alcohol based chemicals.
• Manufacture of phenolic resins - project report.
• Electrical insulating varnishes market survey, preliminary feasibility report, identification of foreign licensor.
• Preliminary feasibility report for the manufacture of malic acid, IMI process based phosphoric acid plant
• Evaluation of plant capacities Tamilnadu Industrial Investment Corporation.
• Project report on the manufacture of dioctyl phthalate.
• Feasibility report on the manufacture of high fructose syrup.
• Report on the manufacture of precipitated silica
• Barytes and barium chemicals - a feasibility report for a plant of 12,000 tons capacity including mining.
• A report on the operation of barium carbonate plant.
• Report on the kiln operations and modification to the process of sodium bichromate.
• Detailed project report for the manufacture of oxalic acid and diethyl Oxalate.(2)
• Report on sodium sulphate recovery from rayon spin bath liquor.
• Number of reports on patents on bulk drugs such as diclofenac, flurbiprofen, nimotop, lisinopril, copper phthalocyanine, red phosphorus, paraformaldehyde, etc. Numerous literature surveys pertaining to pharmacological and medical effects of a large number of drugs.
• Accident investigation
• The Bhopal Episode and its Implications- an on the spot survey and release of report within 20 days of the disaster. Basic findings are same is in official report.
• Investigation into an accident involving death of three workers in a alcohol distillery.
• Manufacture of fenvelarate, cypermethrin, carbendzim - engineering, safety and hazop report.
• Report on accidental deaths in a Ibuprufen plant.
• Investigation into an explosion in phthalic anhydride reactor and evaluation of residual catalyst life
• Investigation of explosion in Nutsche filter - death of operator
• Feasibility study - Calcium Cynamide and Dicyandiamide