Thermax bags Rs 503 crore EPC order for captive power plant

Thermax has won a Rs 503 crore EPC order from a leading public sector firm for setting up a captive

power plant for its new 3 million ton per annum integrated steel plant in Central India.
8"Thermax will design, engineer, construct and commission the project on a turnkey basis.", a company statement

said on Friday.
8The supply of equipment includes three 160 ton per hour capacity (3x160 TPH) boilers that use multiple fuels

blast furnace and coke oven gas from the steel process and light diesel oil - and two 40 MW each steam

turbines.
8Steam from the boilers will be used to blow air into the blast furnace and to generate 80 MW of power.
8The order also includes water demineraliser plant, cooling water system, air conditioning and ventilation

system, compressed air system, fire fighting facilities, emergency DG set, etc.
8This project is designed as a zero discharge plant and an effluent treatment plant based on reverse osmosis

will recycle water.
8Notably, Thermax has, till date, contracted over 75 Power projects on turnkey basis based on various fuels

including domestic and imported coal, washery rejects, petcoke, waste heat from various processes, renewable

energy including biomass and solar, waste gases, naptha and natural gas.
8Thermax is already executing a gas based combined cycle power project for an oil and gas major.