About 1480 running meters of new Mixed gas pipe line of 1500 mm/1200 mm diametre for Bar and Rod Mill (BRM) was successfully commissioned on December 31 last year.
The BRM gas header has been designed by MECON and laid by M/s Tata Projects limited under Projects-Utility Zone for 7MT expansion projects, a BSP press release informed on Tuesday.
The construction of pipe trestles and erection of the pipe line, both were herculean tasks, fraught with risks, because of the live gas main running parallel to it, it stated.
In order to ensure safety site, lots of safety precautions were taken such as cordoning off of the area, strengthening of columns, protection of live gas mains and extensive usage of PPE’s. Additional features incorporated in the new gas main are MS pipe with 0.02 % of copper, use of Steel Bellow compensators in place of disc compensators, Nitrogen purging facilities and U-seal isolation for safe shutdown of gas network.
The gas line erection, testing and commissioning is done under the guidance of Gas Safety of Energy Management Department. Reheating Furnace was lighted up on January 1, 2017.The various agencies involved in the safe and successful commissioning of the BRM gas line were
Project (Utilities), EMD, MECON, BRM and M/S Tata Project.