Reconstruction and technical upgrade of sulphuric production
2017 – 2019
Full range of engineering works
FIGURES and FACTS
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1 100Steel structures and gas ducts up to 2.5 m in diameter at the elevation up to 25 m,
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50Large capacity equipment (1,200 tons),
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1 700+Dismantled steel structures,
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1 300+Dismantled equipment,
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400+Lining,
tons
Facility
Sulfuric workshop SK‑17, Balakovo branch of Apatit JSC, Balakovo, Saratov Region.
Summary
SK-17 upgrade is the final stage of the integrated program to increase the production scope at Balakovo plant.
After commissioning the plant became of the largest sulphur acid producers in Russia. The design output power is 900 thousand tons, and according to the company’s specialists it is not the limit.
Currently the company is defining the optimal loads and then the plant most likely will be able to produce up to 1 mln tons of product per year.
Set of works
- Design.
- Delivery of equipment.
- Construction and installation.
- Dismantling and precommissioning works.
- Commissioning of the facility.
Completed works
Execution of «turnkey» set of works:
- Technical upgrade of the SAO SK‑17 drying and absorbing section, SK‑17 air blowers, installation of a new RKS‑135/4.0‑440 boiler, extruding elements, gas heat exchangers with gas ducts and process pipelines binding and dismantling of the old equipment.
- Design, installation, start-up and commissioning, construction works on energy farms (6 kV distribution device DD-73, 10 kV DD-73, transformer substation TS-78), 0.4 kV control room CSP-14 and distribution device and transformer substation (6 kV DD-23, TS-71).
PHOTO & VIDEO GALLERY
Reconstruction of the sulfuric acid production shop SK‑17
Balakovo branch of Apatit JSC, sulfuric workshop SК‑17
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The plant upgrade enabled a 50% increase in sulfuric acid production – from 600,000 tons to 900,000 tons per year... PhosAgro company’s website