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JERP Execution
All the sweet water cooling towers order were ordered on M/S Hammon Shriram EPC and the sea water tower order was placed on M/S SPIG,Italy. Both the parties functioned well within the general issues that normally prevail in any OSBL task. In case of Shriram EPC, they utilized the services of Structural specialist Dr Mannan of IIT, Chennai. That gave confidence to Reliance/Bechtel while reviewing the concrete members and civil foundation drawings for all sweet water towers. While the party has executed all the 6 towers successfully, we had one specific issue of water spilling out in CT Z 734 and the construction has to apply additional fill paste to arrest the same.
There was another major issue on top fan motor gear box for all the 7 cooling towers. Both the vendors have opted for Premier make(Kolkatta party) gear boxes for this service and it had a basic fundamental design defect. So seeking replacement for those gear boxes itself became a mini project for my assistant Sh NK Gupta and it went on several months to obtain them with the services of both CT vendors.
Nitrogen package execution
Since M/S Air Products,UK executed DTA nitrogen package successfully, repeat order for 3 X 8000 Nm3/Hr order was placed on them on nomination basis. The party went ahead very fast with their package engineering and completed entire supply in one lot. But the problem at site was foundation clearance and front availability to handle all three modules simultaneously. That made a messy situation and the construction have either lost or misplaced many of the special valves, that too for cryogenic service in cold box. That made the project functioning more difficult- one is to seek additional budget sanction and making Air Products to source these additional requirement and ship them. These are all being part of JERP, we could not take the spares from the first refinery.
Having struggled to complete mechanical completion of Nitrogen package, there was a surprise shock waiting for me. As I was on leave, KP took the application to Nagpur for seeking licence for cryogenic N2 storage vessels under SMPV Act. Though Mr Biswas, Dy CCE issued the licence in DTA for 10 involved vertical vessels under SMPV Act in one licence, Dr Kaul applied the condition of maximum 6 vessels in one licence and cleared 6 only, asking KP to convey to me to seek another licence for the rest 4 vessels. By the time I restored my duty from leave, Dr Kaul was transferred on promotion and he left Nagpur. The charge for SMPV Act was taken over by Mr PC Srivastava, who was new in handling that subject. When he went through my fresh application, he applied the condition that since Reliance have not provided dedicated individual PRVs for each vessel, it does not meet the ACT regulations and licence cannot be granted at all. That was a surprise shock for me and panic situation set in. I contacted Mr Biswas for advise and help.Also contacted INOX Baroda, who were the designer/ sub contractor to Air Products for these N2 vessels fabrication. Time went by but nobody could come out with any workable resolution. Then I contacted AP Project Director Mr Tony Wagstaff and posed him my panic situation. Tony, being specialist in subject reacted immediately and confirmed that these cryogenic N2 vessels are designed under special ASME design termed as
ADM 2000 under ASME UG 13.3 and very much within the code conditions. With that input I reached Nagpur and put it to that time CCE Mr Nigam to look into. Since I had excellent technical relations with the department, he convened PCS immediately and instructed to clear our licence then and there.I got relieved of my challenging tension.
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Key Aspects :- Accountable, Critical challenge, Incident analysis, Planning, Technical issue
JERP Execution
All the sweet water cooling towers order were ordered on M/S Hammon Shriram EPC and the sea water tower order was placed on M/S SPIG,Italy. Both the parties functioned well within the general issues that normally prevail in any OSBL task. In case of Shriram EPC, they utilized the services of Structural specialist Dr Mannan of IIT, Chennai. That gave confidence to Reliance/Bechtel while reviewing the concrete members and civil foundation drawings for all sweet water towers. While the party has executed all the 6 towers successfully, we had one specific issue of water spilling out in CT Z 734 and the construction has to apply additional fill paste to arrest the same.
There was another major issue on top fan motor gear box for all the 7 cooling towers. Both the vendors have opted for Premier make(Kolkatta party) gear boxes for this service and it had a basic fundamental design defect. So seeking replacement for those gear boxes itself became a mini project for my assistant Sh NK Gupta and it went on several months to obtain them with the services of both CT vendors.
Nitrogen package execution
Since M/S Air Products,UK executed DTA nitrogen package successfully, repeat order for 3 X 8000 Nm3/Hr order was placed on them on nomination basis. The party went ahead very fast with their package engineering and completed entire supply in one lot. But the problem at site was foundation clearance and front availability to handle all three modules simultaneously. That made a messy situation and the construction have either lost or misplaced many of the special valves, that too for cryogenic service in cold box. That made the project functioning more difficult- one is to seek additional budget sanction and making Air Products to source these additional requirement and ship them. These are all being part of JERP, we could not take the spares from the first refinery.
Having struggled to complete mechanical completion of Nitrogen package, there was a surprise shock waiting for me. As I was on leave, KP took the application to Nagpur for seeking licence for cryogenic N2 storage vessels under SMPV Act. Though Mr Biswas, Dy CCE issued the licence in DTA for 10 involved vertical vessels under SMPV Act in one licence, Dr Kaul applied the condition of maximum 6 vessels in one licence and cleared 6 only, asking KP to convey to me to seek another licence for the rest 4 vessels. By the time I restored my duty from leave, Dr Kaul was transferred on promotion and he left Nagpur. The charge for SMPV Act was taken over by Mr PC Srivastava, who was new in handling that subject. When he went through my fresh application, he applied the condition that since Reliance have not provided dedicated individual PRVs for each vessel, it does not meet the ACT regulations and licence cannot be granted at all. That was a surprise shock for me and panic situation set in. I contacted Mr Biswas for advise and help.Also contacted INOX Baroda, who were the designer/ sub contractor to Air Products for these N2 vessels fabrication. Time went by but nobody could come out with any workable resolution. Then I contacted AP Project Director Mr Tony Wagstaff and posed him my panic situation. Tony, being specialist in subject reacted immediately and confirmed that these cryogenic N2 vessels are designed under special ASME design termed as
ADM 2000 under ASME UG 13.3 and very much within the code conditions. With that input I reached Nagpur and put it to that time CCE Mr Nigam to look into. Since I had excellent technical relations with the department, he convened PCS immediately and instructed to clear our licence then and there.I got relieved of my challenging tension.
Contd....
Key Aspects :- Accountable, Critical challenge, Incident analysis, Planning, Technical issue
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