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HISTORY AND ORGANIZATION OF PUNJAB CHEMICALS AND CROP PROTECTION LTD.

MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT
REFRIGERATION DEPARTMENT
BOILER HOUSE
ELECTRICAL AND INSTRUMENTATION DEPARTMENT
OXALIC ACID AND SODIUM NITRITE PLANT
EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT
 HISTORY AND ORGANIZATION OF PUNJAB
CHEMICALS AND CROP PROTECTION LTD.
LOCATED AT BHANKARPUR NEAR DERABASSI, SPREAD OVER 12 HECTARES LAND, EMPLOYING 500 PEOPLE
FOUNDED ON 19TH NOVEMBER, 1975, FORMERLY KNOWN AS PUPCL
PRODUCTION COMMENCED IN 1978
CURRENTLY, PCCPL IS WORLDS LARGEST PRODUCER OF OXALIC ACID AND ITS DERIVATIVES
7 STATE-OF-THE-ART MANUFACTURING PLANTS, ALL ISO 14000 AND ISO 9001 CERTIFIED
MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT
MANAGE PROCESS AND EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY FOR OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
SUPPORTS ENGINEERING TEAM ON SERVICE AND REPAIR ITEMS
RESPONDS TO EMERGENCIES, BREAK-DOWNS, MALFUNCTIONS AND OTHER OPERATING PROBLEMS
DOES PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE
COMMONLY USED MACHINES ARE LATHE MACHINE, DRILLING MACHINE AND ARC WELDING MACHINE
REFRIGERATION DEPARTMENT
SUPPLIES CHILLED WATER, BRINE WATER, METHANOL WATER AND METHYLCHLORIDE (MDC) TO VARIOUS
PRODUCTION PLANTS OF INDUSTRY

ALSO MANAGE COOLING WATER TOWERS IN THE INDUSTRY

SOFT WATER AND RAW WATER SUPPLY IS ALSO MANAGED
BOILER HOUSE
PRODUCES SATURATED STEAM FROM WATER USING FUEL LIKE CHARCOAL, RICE HUSK, FLUE GASES ETC.
PCCPL HAS 3 WATER TUBE BOILERS
CVL BOILER (CAPACITY OF 15 TONS PER HOUR)
MTF-70 BOILER (CAPACITY OF 7 TONS PER HOUR)
FC-60 (CAPACITY OF 6 TONS PER HOUR)
ELECTRICAL AND INSTRUMENTATION
DEPARTMENT
ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT
PRIMARY SOURCE:
11KV SUPPLY FROM GRID STATION OF PSEB REACHES TO OIL CIRCUIT BREAKER WHERE IT IS DIVIDED INTO OCB TRANSFORMER-1 AND OCB
TRANSFORMER 2
TRANSFORMERS STEP DOWN VOLTAGE FROM 11KV TO 440V. AFTER THEN, SUPPLY GOES TO MAIN DISTRIBUTION PANEL (MDP) TO VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS OF INDUSTRY
SECONDARY SOURCE:
7 DIESEL GENERATOR SETS, CAPACITY 500KV USED IN CASE THE POWER IS CUT-OFF
INSTRUMENTATION DEPARTMENT-
TAKES CARE OF ALL AUTOMATION WORK AND ITS DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT
OXALIC ACID PLANT
OXALIC ACID- COLORLESS CRYSTALLINE SOLID, STRONG ACID WHICH IS SOLUBLE IN WATER AND A REDUCING AGENT
RAW MATERIALS- SUGAR, NITRIC ACID, SULPHURIC ACID, CATALYST- VANADIUM PENTOXIDE
GRADES-
TECHNICAL (A) DOMESTIC- 98.5% PURITY (B) EXPORT- 99.5% PURITY
COMMERCIAL- 93% PURITY
CAPACITY OF PLANT- 35 METRIC TONS/DAY
USES:
AS MORDANT IN DYEING PROCESSES
CLEANING AGENT
MISCELLANEOUS
FLOWSHEET OF OXALIC ACID PLANT
 SODIUM NITRITE PLANT
BY-PRODUCT OF OXALIC ACID PLANT, WHITE TO PALE COLOR, FORMS NITROUS ACID IN PRESENCE OF ACIDS
RAW MATERIAL- NO2 GAS COMING OUT FROM OXALIC ACID PLANT, H2O, CAUSTIC LYE
USES: PRODUCTION OF ORGANONITROGEN COMPOUNDS, ACT AS REAGENT
EQUIPMENTS USED IN MANUFACTURING:
1. SODA DISSOLVER
2. ABSORPTION TOWERS
3. ABSORPTION STORAGE TANKS
4. CONCENTRATION UNITS
5. CRYSTALLIZERS
6. CENTRIFUGE MACHINES
7. ROTARY DRIER
8. EJECTOR PUMPS
EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT
STEPS INVOLVED IN WATER EFFLUENT TREATMENT ARE:
1. COLLECTION TANK
2. SKIMMER
3. PRE-CLARIFIER
4. NEUTRALIZATION CUM SEDIMENTATION TANK
5. EQUILIZATION TANK
6. BOILOGICAL TREATMENT/AERATION TANK
7. MULTIPLE EFFECT EVAPORATORS
8. AGITATED THIN FILM DRYER

WASTE OIL TREATMENT IS DONE USING INCINERATION, SCRUBBING AND MECHANICAL BURNING.
HAZARDOUS WASTE IS SENT FOR FURTHER DISPOSAL