Grasim Industries

Acid Plant Database June 4, 2022

Owner	Grasim Industries
Location	Nagda Madhya Pradesh State India
Background	1954 - Company established (flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group)
Website	www.grasim.com
Plant	Multiple plants at this location
Coordinates*	23° 26' 33" N, 75° 24' 36" E
Type of Plant	Sulphur Burning
Gas Source	Elemental Sulphur
Plant Capacity	210,370 MTPA
SA/DA	-
Emissions	-
Status	Operating
Year Built	-
Technology	-
Contractor	-
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General	Company is the largest producer of viscose staple fibre (VSF) in the world. Grasim is also India’s largest producer of sodium sulphate, a by-produt of VSF that is widely used in the paper and pulp, detergent, glass and textiles industries. The major products manufactured at Grasim’s VSF division based in Nagda, Madhya Pradesh are VSF, sodium sulphate, carbon disulphide, sulphuric acid and captive power. The Nagda division has an installed capacity of 151475 tonnes of VSF.
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News	January 9, 2022 - The RTI application was filed by an activist Kailash Sanolia. In its response, the local administration revealed that 21 people were affected by gas leakage at the Grasim plant and they were treated at the Government Hospital. As many 21 people were hit by gas leakage incident at the Grasim industries on Wednesday, revealed local administration in a response to an application filed under Right to Information (RTI). The RTI application was filed by an activist Kailash Sanolia. In its response the local administration revealed that 21 people were affected by gas leakage at the Grasim plant and they were treated at the Government Hospital. Sanolia said that he filed RTI under the special section since the matter pertains to life and liberty of individuals. Meanwhile, collector Ashish Singh has constituted a committee to probe the gas leak incident. Earlier, on January 5, panic spread in the town after sulphur trioxide (SO₃) gas leaked from a tank at an industrial unit of Grasim, causing irritation in the eyes, throat and lungs of people living in the radius of 1.5 kilometres. Residents of the locality were in for a shock when white fumes started emanating from the Grasim Industries plant. 'The gas leaked out at around 4pm. The company staff controlled the situation and plugged the leak,' said sub-divisional magistrate Ashutosh Goswami after incident. SO3 gas is used in the fibre division of Grasim. State industrial health and safety deputy director Arvind Sharma said the gas emanated from the oleum liquid (fuming sulphuric acid) tank and looked like white smoke when it came in contact with air. 'Our teams reached the plant to check the situation,' he said. Grasim Industries Nagda PR officer Sanjay Vyas said, 'The leakage has been plugged. No injuries have been reported.' Meanwhile, RTI activist Sanolia said that health department has provided him with the list of people affected in the incident within 24 hours under a special section of the Act. The response revealed that the symptoms of burning eyes, sore throat and nervousness have been reported in the people affected by the gas. Sanolia said that collector Singh has constituted an inquiry panel to probe the incident. The panel will probe five points: Under what circumstances the incident took place, whether adequate security arrangements were in place, whether the incident could have been avoided in any way, who is responsible for the occurrence of the incident and other suggestions. January 21, 2018 - Grasim Industries has received green nod for expanding the production of manmade fibre VSF at Bharuch, Gujarat that would entail an investment of Rs 2,560 crore, according to an official document. The company has four VSF (Viscose Staple Fibre) plants in India, of which two are located in Gujarat, one each in Kharach and Vilayat in Bharuch district. As per the proposal, the company's Grasim Cellulosic Division wants to expand its Vilayat plant. In a letter issued to the Grasim Industries, the Union environment ministry has said it has given the environment clearance to the company's proposal on expansion of Vilayat unit subject to compliance of certain conditions. The company's proposal is to increase the production capacity of VSF from 1,27,750 tonnes per annum (TPA) to Rs 2,55,500 TPA. It also wants to set up a production facility of Solvent Spun Cellulosic Fibre with a capacity of 36,500 TPA. Besides, the company has proposed to expand the production capacity of Sulphuric Acid from 1,02,300 TPA to 1,82,500 TPA, Carbon Di-Sulphide from 23,725 TPA to 34,675 TPA and captive power plant capacity from 25 MW to 55 MW. Grasim Industries will undertake the proposed expansion within the existing plant premise spread over 222.63 hectare area at Vilayat. The project cost is estimated to be Rs 2,560 crore and will create about 2,500 jobs, according to the letter. In its proposal, the Aditya Birla Group firm has said the proposed expansion in VSF production capacity will cater the increased demand of manmade fibres in the country. September 26, 2006 - Chlor-alkali producer Grasim Industries Limited said on Tuesday that its chemical plants will continue to operate at 50% until the end of 2006 or January 2007 due to the continued absence of in-house power at Nagda in Madhya Pradesh State. On 21 July, Grasim stated that its chlor-alkali and downstream chemical plants would cut their production by 50% for one month while the company carried out major repairs to its power plant. This job is now likely to be completed in three to four months time, thus keeping chemicals output to 50%. The chlor-alkali plant supplies about 80% of its caustic soda to the company’s viscose staple fibre (VSF) facility at the same site and to two other locations. It sells the other 20% of its 190,800 tonnes/year caustic soda capacity to the general market. The other chemical division plants are: a 210,370 tonnes/year sulphuric acid plant, a 46,798 tonnes/year carbon disulphide plant, a 45,000 tonnes/year stable bleaching powder plant, a 16 500 tonnes/year chloro-sulphuric acid plant and a 13,860 tonnes/year poly aluminium chloride plant.

MTPD - Metric Tonne per Day STPD - Short Ton per Day
MTPA - Metric Tonne per Annum STPA - Short Ton per Annum
SA - Single Absorption
DA - Double Absorption

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