The New TATA Steel 'H' Blast Furnace: Design Concept, Project Development and Operating Results

摘要

In May 2008, the new H blast furnace of Tata Steel was successfully blown in. Blast furnace 'H' has been designed, supplied, erected and commissioned by a consortium consisting of Paul Wurth Italia, Paul Wurth India, and Larsen & Toubro India. Excellent cooperation between all participants and active involvement of Tata Steel people resulted in project completion in 25 months from the groundbreaking, which is the shortest possible time ever taken for building a blast furnace of similar size in India. The foundation stone for this 2.5 MTPA Blast Furnace was laid in June, 2006. The project broadly involved a total of 80,000 m~3 of civil work, 28,000 tons of structural work, 20,000 tons of equipment erection, 22,000 tons of refractory work, 1.5 km of rail track and 1500 km of electrical cabling job. All the shells and major pipe line were fabricated in-house by Growth Shop of Tata Steel and most of the equipment has been procured from reputed OEMs Overseas. The whole plant has been designed and erected within an area of 63 acre due to space constraints.