National Fertilizers Limited

UNIT PROFILE: -

National Fertilizers Limited was established on 23rd August 1974 for

setting up two fertilizer plants at Bhatinda (Punjab) and Panipat
(Haryana) based on partial oxidation of fuel oil. W hen Govt. of India
undertook the task of reorganization of fertilizer sector in 1978; the
Nangal Unit of Fertilizer Corporation of India was merged with National
Fertilizers Limited. Later on NFL executed two numbers gas-based
plant at Vijaipur (Madhya Pradesh) on HBJ gas pipeline. National
Fertilizers Limited is now operating three fuel oil based plants located
at Nangal, Bhatinda and Panipat and two gas based plants, at Vijaipur.
The capacity of three fuel oil based plants is; 900 Te/day of Ammonia,
and 2*1350 TPD of gas based plant at Vijaipur. 1000 TPD of urea at
Nangal, which has been revamped to a capacity of 1448TPD in 2000-
01 and 1550 TPD of urea at Bhatinda and Panipat. Capacity of gas-
based plant at Vijaipur is 4*1100 TPD of urea. Company at present
occupies the position of the largest producer of Nitrogenous fertilizers
in the country.
National Fertilizers Panipat.
The Government of India approved the Panipat
Project on 10th February 1975 for implementation. Prime
consultants for design, engineering and erection and
commissioning of the plants were M/s. Toyo Engineering
Corporation of Japan and M/s. Engineers India Limited.
Starting from the zero date of 30.4.1975, the feed in was
achieved on 1.9.78. The unit went in commercial
production from 1.9.1979. In 2001-2002, Panipat unit
achieved Ammonia production of 299280 MT (100.77 %
of installed capacity) and 511538 MT of urea (100.01 %
capacity utilization). The unit has also produced
3104.775 MT Sulphur as by product during the year.
Expansion of Panipat unit with Naphtha/LNG based plant
of 1350 TPD of Ammonia and 2200 TPD of urea is under
consideration by Govt. of India.
ii Energy Consumption:
Panipat unit consumes fuel oil, LSHS/HPS as feedstock for producing
Ammonia as intermediate product and Urea as final products. It also
consumes coal and furnace oil in auxiliary boilers for producing steam
and generating power in captive power plant for meeting own
requirement of power. In addition to captive power generation,
provision for import of electricity from Haryana State Electricity Board
grid has been made in the original set up of the plant. In 2001-2002,
NFL Panipat unit consumed 242267 MT of fuel oil/LSHS/HPS as feed
stock, 583198.773 MT of coal in captive power plant boiler and steam
boilers, 38110.100 KL of fuel oil in Captive Power Plant and steam
boilers and 15780 MW of purchased electricity.
 The unit has made consistent efforts in reducing the consumption by different
ways such as
Increase in Capacity Utilization: The unit has achieved more than 100%
capacity utilization for the last 5 years except last year i.e. 2000-2001. This
could be achieved by innovative management techniques, better
maintenance procedures and improved operational methods. This could be
achieved even though the plant is 23 years old. In spite of various constraints
such as breakdowns, maintenance problems faced due to coal mills, Boiler
and more no of equipments in comparison to the latest generation plants, the
unit has been able to achieve energy consumption figure of 14.009 Mkcal per
tonne of ammonia and 9.174 Mkcal per tonne of urea in 2001– 2002, which is
excellent.
NFL, Panipat utilized fuels worth Rs.116.83 crores and purchased power worth
Rs.8.82 Crores in the year 2001-2002
iii) Energy conservation commitment, policy and set up:
National fertilizers Limited, Panipat is wholly committed to conserve
energy to the fullest possible extent. Unit is giving utmost importance
to energy conservation by optimization of plant operation and process
parameters, regular monitoring of fuel consumption, analyzing the
reasons of higher consumption and eliminating bottlenecks. Since
inception of the plant, unit has strived to improve the specific energy
consumptions by way of devising and implementing energy
conservation schemes.
Company has Energy conservation cell under the Department of
Technical Services. E.C.Cell is headed by Dy General Manager
(Technical Services). This cell consists of one Ch. Mgr (TS), one Sr.
Manager, and two Sr Asstt. Manager and one Asstt. Mgr who
coordinate all matters pertaining to energy conservation. Performance
of various energy conservation schemes and specific energy
consumption of main product is evaluated and is discussed in
fortnightly coordinating meeting where all managers including the
General Manager (I/C) are present. The action plan required if any is
prepared and is implemented.
The fertilizer sector is one of the most energy intensive units. About
85% of the total cost of urea is consumed in energy alone. Even a
minor reduction in energy consumption results in increasing the profit.
Hence, the policy of the organization is to reduce the energy
consumption to the minimum. The new schemes are being
implemented based on the techno-economic viability.
iv) Energy conservation achievements:
NFL, Panipat has implemented various energy conservation schemes
successfully during last five years. Implementation of these schemes
has resulted in improvement in steam consumption rate, boiler
efficiency, better process control and optimization etc. A substantial
amount of energy has been saved by proper implementation of the
energy conservation projects.
v) Energy conservation plans and target:
Company waits with eagerness for all opportunities coming in the way
to conserve the energy to largest possible extent. The following
 schemes are under implementation for improving the energy
performance further.
Up gradation of critical control loops with micro processor
based control system:
Various control loops, which are very critical from consistent operation
point of view, are identified and then these control loops are being
upgraded to microprocessor based control system. An expenditure of
about Rs. 25 lakhs is likely to be incurred on these schemes.
Implementation of this scheme would result in increased on stream
days of the plant.
vi) Environment and Safety:

A brief write up on Environment:

A chemical factory is likely to produce some effluents in the form
solid, liquid or gases, which may or may not be toxic. These
effluents have to be necessarily treated before disposal to outside
so that the ecological balance is not affected. At Panipat unit,
utmost care was taken during the design stage of the plant/units to
control all the pollutants at the source.
Panipat unit is basically an Ammonia-Urea fertilizer complex having
a capacity of 900 MTPD Ammonia & 1550MTPD Urea. There is
auxiliary steam generation plant to produce high pressure steam to
meet the needs of various processes; utilities plant to meet the
requirement of Power; DM water-Cooling Water, etc and Effluent
Treatment Plant to treat the liquid effluent.
Type of effluents generated and procedure for their treatment are
summarized below:
A. Effluent Generation
1. Solid Effluents:
The solid effluents generated in Ammonia plant on account of
thermal cracking of heavy oil in Gasifier is being recycled back to
the system as carbon oil after mixing with heavy oil. However,
during start up / shutdown and in case of any disturbances in
Carbon Recovery Plant, the carbon is being dumped to the LDPE
lined (ski ten) nearby ponds in the form of carbon slurry. The dried
carbon from the pond is being sold to the out side parties having
authorization from Haryana State Pollution Control Board.
The other solid effluent generated is ash in coal-fired boilers. The
ash collected in ESP’s in the boiler is being dumped out in the form
of ash slurry at Dahar pond @ distance of 7 Kms from factory
premises. The over flow water from Dahar pond, which meets the
MINAS norms, is being utilized for irrigation purpose nearby
villagers. The ash slurry pond at Dahar is thoroughly LDPE lined to
prevent leaching of pollutants if present.
2. Liquid Effluents:
The liquid effluent generated from main process plant Ammonia,
Urea plants are diverted to the Effluent Treatment Plant, waste
water generated from DM Water plant during the course of
regeneration of cat ion and Anion units are also diverted to Effluent
Treatment Plant. The Sewage generated in the township as well as
 in factory premises are also diverted to Effluent Treatment Plant.
The Effluent water containing Ammonia and Urea are treated by
biological process with the help of other liquid effluent generated in
DMW
Plant and sewage water. The out going treated water from Effluent
Treatment Plant, which meets MINAS norms, is being used for de-
ashing purpose in SGP and CPP Boiler.
3. Gaseous Effluent:
The gaseous effluent from Ammonia Plant
In Ammonia plant two types of gaseous effluent are generated-one
during the start up of the plant, which is burnt at 75-meter tall flare
stack before release to atmosphere. The other gaseous effluent
generated during normal operation of the plant is tail gas, off
gases&H2S bearing Claus gas. The tail gas is being utilized in Steam
Super heater to super heat the steam produced in Waste Heat
Boilers in Ammonia plant, incinerator in Sulphur Recovery plant & in
CPP Boiler. A little amount of tail gas is being utilized in flare stack
to keep the flame on continuous basis. The off gases, which
contains mostly CO2 & N2 and having no heat value is released to
atmosphere through the 75-meter tall flare stack. The Claus gas,
which is sent to Sulphur Recovery Plant, and elemental Sulphur, @
purity of 99.9% is being extracted by oxidation –reduction process.
The effluent gas from Sulphur Recovery Plant after burning in
incinerator where heat is being recovered to produce low-pressure
steam is vented through a 50-meter tall chimney. The effluent
gases from Sulphur Recovery Plant meets MINAS norm. Thus, not
only the pollution is controlled but valuable substance i.e.
elemental Sulphur is being recovered resulting in saving of foreign
exchange.
Flue gas from Boiler Chimney:
The flue gas from Boiler chimney is vented through 80/90-meter tall
chimney from SGP and CPP boilers after passing through
electrostatic perpetrator having an efficiency of more than 99%.
SPM content in the flue gas in the boiler chimney remains below the
MINAS norms.
Dust recovery from Urea Plant
Urea dust recovery system has been installed at the tope of Prilling
Tower 68 meter high. The dust evolved by urea prilling is being
scrubbed by spraying water from spray nozzles in a header
provided around the prilling tower. The remaining dust after
scrubbing operation is being retained by the foam filters provided
at the top. There are four Induced Draft Fans provided at the top
having a capacity of 1,80,000 Nm3/hr each. The gases effluent so
discharged contain less than 50 ppm of urea. Automatic washing of
the foam filters is done to further improvement in the existing
system.

B Ecological balance:
To maintain the ecological balance about 2.5 lakhs trees have been
planted in and around factory premises, township and CISF colony
 area. A green belt @ area of 1400 sq meter has also been provided
around the factory premises as per the environment control board
advice. Besides it a dear park has also been developed in the
township and bird century near the factory premises. All these
means are very useful to keep the ecological balance
To keep a close watch on the performance of pollution control on
line monitoring equipments has been provided in various plants.
ISO Kinetic stock samplers are monitoring stack emission regularly.
This ensures the optimum level of emission at source as well as
efficiency of the stacks. Some of the stacks are equipped with on
line analyzers like smoke density, carbon monoxide, oxygen and
Sulphur dioxide. Ambient air and stack monitoring is also got done
by accredited out side agencies from time to time in order to
ensure adherence to various emission norms.
For the reference of dispersion of air pollutants, a computerized
wind monitoring system has been installed at one of the monitoring
stations. The system is automatic and computes average wind
speed and direction after every ten seconds. In addition to this,
max-min temperature, relative humidity, semi fall measurement is
also done and the date is recorded continuously.

ISO 14001
NFL Panipat is committed to achieve Pollution free environment and
balanced ecology by adopting Environmental Management System.
The Unit is conducting regular Environmental Audits and
compliance with the statutory and legal requirements. Based on
the environment Policy of NFL, Panipat the Unit engaged M/S KPMG
Quality Registrar for carrying out audit leading to award of ISO
14001-1996 On successful completion of all the audits and
statutory requirements, our Unit was recommended for this
prestigious award and the Certificate was received on 1st June 2000.
“THE AWARD OF ISO 14001-1996 CERTIFICATE TO THE UNIT
IS COMMITMENT TO POLLUTION FREE ENVIRONMENT IN AND
AROUND THE FACTORY AND SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.”
It is a fact that pollution controls having no limits, but our efforts
shall never be lacking to achieve lowest emissions. Our R&D work
group is also well engaged in developing technology to improve the
present treatment system and to utilize services of experts and
best technology available in this regard.
It will be a pleasure for us to record here that due to effective
participation of Management in the field of environment protection,
Panipat Unit has got the following awards;
 Haryana Govt. awarded Ist prize for ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT &
CONSERVATION on the World Environment Day on 5th June 1994.
 International Greenland Society has adjudged our Unit as one of the best
Organization in implementing pollution control measures and awarded the
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU MEMORIAL NATIONAL AWARD for the year 1995.
Safety:
Company has always maintained its consciousness towards safety of
the employees. Unit has a full-fledged Safety Department, which
consists of well-qualified and experienced Safety Engineers. This
department ensures that the working conditions are safe, safety
procedures are followed and personal protective equipments are
used. A number of schemes, exhibitions, bulletins, safety
competition and good house keeping contests are conducted by
Safety Department for inculcating the feeling of safety amongst the
employees. Safety committees at the plant level are encouraged to
give suggestions to improve the safety in operation and at work
place. On site Emergency Management Plan, has been prepared by
the company for handling emergencies by making optional use of
resources. The unit has achieved a number of awards at various
times which are listed as under.
1. COMPANY PROFILE
National Fertilizers Limited, (NFL), a leading producer of
Nitrogenous Fertilizers in India, was incorporated on 23rd August, 1974
with two manufacturing Units at Bathinda and Panipat. Subsequently, on
the reorganization of Fertilizer group of Companies in 1978, the Nangal
Unit of Fertilizer Corporation of India came under the NFL fold.
The Company expanded its installed capacity 7.26 lakh Mts. in 1984 by installing
and commissioning its Vijaipur Gas based Plant in Madhya Pradesh.

The Vijaipur Plant was a land mark achievement in project

management in India. The Plant was completed well within time and
approved project cost, in recognition of which it was awarded the Ist
price in Excellence in Project Management by Govt. of India.
Subsequently the plant doubled its capacity to 14.52 lakh MT by
commissioning Vijaipur Expansion Unit in 1997.

NFL, a profitable public sector undertaking operates under the

administrative control of the Deptt. of Fertilizers in the Ministry of
Chemicals & Fertilizers.

NFL, a Schedule -A & Mini Ratna Category-I Company, is a

market leader in the fertlizer industry with a market share of 13.7%(During
the 2001-02). The Company's strength lies in its sizeable presence,
professional marketing team and its strong distribution network nationwide

National Fertilizers Limited is the second largest producer of

nitrogenous fertilizer in the country and has four operating fertilizer units
located at Nangal, Bhatinda, Panipat and Vijaipur with a total installed
capacity of 32.083 lakh tones Urea.

The Vijaipur unit comprises of two streams-Vijaipur-I and

Vijaipur-II, which went into commercial production in July, 1988 and
March, 1997 respectively. Both the streams are based on “Steam
reforming process” of Haldor Topsoe (Denmark) for Ammonia plants and
“Ammonia stripping process” of Snam Progetti (Italy) for Urea plants.
Vijaipur-I was adjudged as the ‘Best Implemented Project’ by the Ministry
of Program Implementation G.O.I. in the year 1989.
Vijaipur-II Plant is the latest state of art technology and is highly
energy efficient than Vijaipur-I Plant due to incorporation of energy
saving schemes in the process at the design stage itself. It is also having
provision of mixed feed (Natural Gas + Naphtha) thus giving more
flexibility of operation. Both the plants have consistently achieved high
levels of capacity utilization logging an annual average of 110%.
 The overall performance of National Fertilizers Limited, Vijaipur
for the year 2001-2002 was as under.
Urea production (MT) : 1,706,823
Sales turnover (Rs.Crores): 126,537.07
Gross profit (Rs. Crores) : 189.59

HIGHLIGHTS & ACHIEVEMENTS FOR THE YEAR 2001-2002

• Unit was certified for ISO-14001 by an independent International auditors M/s
KPMG of Nether land. We are already ISO-9002 certified unit since 1997. The
M/s KPMG of Netherland did renewal of ISO-9002 and ISO-14001 for the next
three years.
• Lowest ever Specific Energy Consumption of 5.984 Gcal/MT Urea was achieved
by the Complex(Vijaipur-I + Vijaipur-II) . Previous lowest Specific Energy
Consumption for the Complex was 6.002 Gcal/MT Urea (achieved in 1999-2000)
• Vijaipur-II achieved lowest ever annual specific energy consumptions of 7.816
Gcal/MT ammonia & 5.713 Gcal/MT Urea. Previous lowest annual specific
energy(achieved in 2000-2001) : 7.825 Gcal/MT for Ammonia & 5.737 Gcal/MT
for Urea
• During the year, NFL Vijaipur achieved highest ever quarterly & annual
despatches of 514651.00 MT (July-Sept.'2001) & 1713052.9 MT respectively
surpassing previoust highest quarterly & annual despatches of 488150.6 MT
(achieved in July-Sept.'2000) & 1695323.0 MT (achieved in 1998-1999)
• Primary Reformer of Ammonia-II achieved longest ever continuous operation of
390 days. It continued to run without any interruption from 10.02.2001 to
07.03.2002 when it was stopped for annual turn-around. Primary Reformer of
Ammonia-I also achieved continuous operation of 350 days.
• Commendation Certificates from Ministry of Power for "Excellence in Energy
Conservation " in Fertilizer Sector for the years 1999 & 2000 ,awarded to N.F.L.
Vijaipur, were received by C.M.D. on 14.12.2001.

• Safety Audit was conducted by M/s PDIL, NOIDA in 2001-2002.

Recommendations implemented.
 • Off-Site Emergency Plan prepared and approved by State Govt. authorities. On-
site Emergency plan was revised and improved upon.
• A ‘Comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment Study’ is carried out third
party - M/s CICON Technologies Ltd., Bhopal.
2. ENERGY CONSUMPTION
NFL Vijaipur Unit consumes Natural Gas (NG) and Liquid fuel Naphtha
as raw material/ fuel. Overall Energy Consumption / MT Urea in the year 2001-
2002 is 5.984 Gcal/MT of Urea which Is lower than the previous year figure of
6.008 Gcal/MT of Urea.
In the year 2001-2002, annual electricity cost was Rs.41.20 Crores which
is higher than previous year value of Rs.37.49 Crores. This was due to increase in
usage of electric motors. In the year 2001-2002 Naphtha usages was high due to
Natural Gas Limitation from M/s. GAIL.
Energy consumption (Cost Of Natural Gas & Naphtha) was 90% of the
total manufacturing cost.
3. ENERGY CONSERVATION COMMITMENTS, POLICY AND SET UP
MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT TOWARDS ENERGY CONSERVATION:
Being one of the largest producers of Nitrogenous fertilizers in the country, NFL
visualized the importance of energy conservation and consumption in the fertilizer
industry and took the lead in this direction by establishing Energy Conservation Cells at
the Corporate Office and at the Unit levels. The underlying policy is four pronged
1. Energy monitoring and control
2. New technology absorption and adaptation
3. Carry out Energy audits both internal as well as external
4. Energy consumption benchmarking with a target to achieve the best.
The basic objectives of this energy cell are:
-Monitoring daily and monthly energy consumption data from each plant.
- Evaluation of energy performance by Steam and Material balance of each plant
- Check list of steam traps, insulation, leakages, vent valve passing .
-Machine and plant efficiency calculation- heat exchangers etc.
-Process parameters and catalyst performance evaluation.
 - Inform the plant for remedial measures / actions.
- Prepare action plans based on energy consumption analysis.
In addition to the regular monthly energy audit by an in-house technical
group, energy audit activities are also planned on the basis of energy audit
conducted at an appropriate interval of time through out side agencies.

CORPORATE POLICY OF UNIT ON ENERGY CONSERVATION:

Energy conservation as corporate policy caries the highest importance in
N.F.L. The energy consumption norms have been fixed for each operation and are
closely monitored on daily, monthly, quarterly and yearly basis.

Based on the energy audit studies, the following broad strategy was
formulated for the reduction of energy consumption by NFL.
-Increase capacity utilization
-Increase On-stream efficiency and On-stream days
-Improve operation and maintenance practices and implement other good
house keeping measures
- Implementation of major modifications and retrofits
- Maximum utilization of waste and by products
- Training and Motivation on energy conservation.
4. ENERGY CONSERVATION ACHIEVEMENTS
Over the years since commissioning of plants, persistent efforts have been
made to improve energy performances & various energy saving schemes have
been implemented which have resulted in considerable monetary savings. With
the commissioning of Vijaipur-II, energy level has further reduced. In the year
2001-2002 energy consumption was 5.984 Mkcal/Ton of Urea which was lower
than the value for the year 2000-2001.
Though normal industry practice is to take major turnaround every year,
we have improved the reliability of plants and machinery by various past
modifications and the shut-downs have been reduced to once in two years thereby
increasing the on-stream days of the plant at optimum loads.
 In the year following energy conservation measures were implemented
successfully. Brief description is listed below.
In house study by technical services on Performance of Pumps in the
Ammonia / Urea / Offsites facilities. On the basis of the study it was found that at
various points it was possible with slight modifications to stop extra pumps which
were in line. On the basis of pump report following pumps were stopped.
Urea-I Plant: Two number pumps(P-6/P-22) supplying flushing
condensate at various points were provided in Urea Plants. As per inhouse study
Medium Pressure Flushing Pump P-6 was stopped by providing interconnection
between P-6 and P-22 pumps. Similarly two number pumps (P-6/P-13 ) for LP
Flushing was provided, one for exporting the condensate and another for
supplying LP condensate at various flushing points of Urea Plant. As per inhouse
study Medium Pressure Flushing Pump P-10 was stopped by providing
interconnection between P-13 and P-10 pumps.
Offsites: Two number service water pumps were required to be run to
maintain the required pressure in the complex. With the running of both pumps
capacity was not optimally utilized. With optimisation at consumption points it
second service pump was stopped and around 22 Kwh power was saved.
5. ENERGY CONSERVATION PLANS AND TARGETS
Though the energy conservation is a continuous and everlasting process,
NFL, Vijaipur has been making all out efforts in the field of energy saving. With
a view to improving the energy performance further and conserving energy,
number of energy saving schemes, based on recommendations of energy audit,
are planned to be implemented. Some of them are given below:
(i) Replacement of two numbers back pressure turbine with motors,
(ii) Replacement of GRP blades with FRP in Urea-I cooling tower fans.
(iii) Replacement of defective steam traps.

Further a Comprehensive in-house study is being undertaken to reduce

energy consumption of Line-I Plants. Measures, which were being considered for
implementation and are at various stages of approval stage are listed below:
· Replacement of CO2 Compressor Turbine from 40ata to 105ata.
· Installation of High Efficiency trays in Urea Reactors.
· Augmentation of Sweet water cooling system of synthesis section.
· Revamp of Benfield section.
· Installation of DCS control system for Line-I Plants.

6. ENVIRONMENTS AND SAFETY

6.1 ENVIRONMENT
National Fertilizers Limited, Vijaipur is an ISO-14001 unit. This
certification has been given by KPMG Netherlands based on the audit carried out
by them in the year 1998-99. At NFL, Vijaipur, utmost importance is given to
'Environment Protection' in and around the complex. The NFL management
thought of an elaborate system of environment monitoring, treatment and
controlled discharge of effluents right from the planning stage of the Vijaipur-I
project.

CONCEPT OF ZERO EFFLUENT DISCHARGE

A unique concept of zero effluent discharge was adopted at N.F.L.
Vijaipur due to the inadequate supply of water due to non-availability of large
water sources near the project. The treated wastewater from the factory is
exclusively used for irrigation purposes in the green belts as well as in kitchen
garden with excellent results.

ENVIRONMENT MONITORING CELL

There is a cell called “Environment Monitoring & Control” which
exclusively looks after environmental aspects.
 National Fertilizers Limited Vijaipur has won various environmental
awards in view of excellent performance in pollution control and environment
protection. It has won Annual State level award 2000 on Environment by Ministry
of Housing and Environment and Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial National Award for
year–2000 for pollution control and energy conservation methods.

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL

The generation of dust in Urea Prilling Tower is kept well within the
stipulated limits by using a rotary bucket for prilling. Further the prilling towers
are constructed sufficiently tall high (98 meter & 104 Mtr respectively in Line I &
Line II) to facilitate proper disbursement of the dust from the prilling tower
exhaust. The ground level dust concentration is well within the limits.
Dust extraction systems have also been installed to reduce urea dust in the
vicinity of plant.
Natural gas or NGL/Naphtha is used as fuel in all the furnaces at NFL,
Vijaipur. Since natural gas contains almost nil (<1ppm) sulfur and sulfur based
compounds, the SO2 and S.P.M. are almost negligible in stack emissions. The
concentration of NOX is also well within stipulated the limits as low NOX
burners have been used in furnaces.

GREEN BELT DEVELOPMENT

To improve the ecological balance of environment an extensive
programme has been taken up for tree plantation in and around the NFL Complex.
About 2,00,000 trees of 86 different species have been planted so far by NFL
Management covering approx. 206 hectares of land. In addition to the a
forestation work, horticulture development has been taken up in an area of about
30 hectares. Based on the suggestions given by National Environmental
Engineering Research Institute,(NEERI) Nagpur, the fast growing trees with
thick canopy cover and thick perennial foliage have been planted. This barren
stretch of land which had no tree to start with has now about 2,00,000 trees and
 the greenery around the complex is testimony to the efforts made by NFL for its
development.

6.2 SAFETY
At National Fertilizers Limited, Vijaipur, there is a constant endeavor to
improve safety and working conditions. The safety policy of the company aims at
elimination of Industrial Accidents in order to achieve the same, National
Fertilizers Limited, Vijaipur has adopted several measures, e.g. integration of
safety with various departments, provision of safe working conditions,
familiarization of the employees with the general and special safety practices and
enforcing them in their work place, deputation of employees in various in house
as well as external programmes, celebration of safety day. Safety audit is
conducted every year by external agencies. M/s PDIL, NOIDA, conducted safety
audit for the year 2001-2002.

National Fertilizers Limited, Vijaipur has won vide acclaims in the field of safety for maintaining high sta
achieving record accident free period. It has won several national and state level awards for safety and accide

Year of
Actual achievement of energy savings
commissi Project description
per year basis
oning
Power lakh Total
Gas lakh SM³
kWh Rs.lakhs
Implementation of Energy
Saving Schemes as per
1999-2000 33.91 144.92 178.83
Energy Audit - listed at
point 14 above.

Change of sealing of
reciprocating type
2000-2001 12.78 44.86
Ammonia Feed Pumps from
oil sealing to water sealing.
 Stopping of 3No pumps in
Urea(MP Condensate Pump
P-6 and LP Condensate
2001-2002 Pump P-10) and offsites 7.72 1.23 5.0
Plant (service water pump)
based on inhouse study on
performance of pumps.