The Hindu Business Line : L&T to supply coal gasifier to China

MUMBAI: Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) has announced that the Heavy Engineering Division of Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) has bagged a contract valued at Euro 28 million (Rs 170 crore) for supply of the Coal Gasifier and Syngas Cooler assembly" to Hebi Coal and E lectricity Co. Ltd., subsidiary of Zhongyuan Coal Chemical Industry Group, China.

The complete Gasifier assembly and the structure, which is expected to weigh 1,740 m.t, is the world's largest and heaviest Gasifier assembly, with a capacity to handle 3,400 tpd of coal. The assembly will be the heart of a methanol plant with a capacity of 6,00,000 tpa. The order was won through an international competitive bidding process.

The equipment will be manufactured from advanced technology steels at L&T's manufacturing facilities at Powai and Hazira.

Mr. M V Kotwal, Member of the Board & Senior Executive Vice President stated that the manufacture of this Gasifier would require transportation of the large fabricated sections, with on-site assembly, testing and erection. He said that although such jobs pose enormous challenges, the teams at L&T are confident of meeting the requirements, given their track record of having successfully completed similar work on Gasifiers supplied to remote locations in China, where ambient temperatures were as low as mi nus 30 degrees Celsius.

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