SMS Demag AG, Germany, has successfully commissioned a BOF gas recovery plant for two 120-tonne BOFs at Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Ltd. (JVSL), India.

The newly established plant includes two BOF-specific gas changeover stations, a gas holder, pressure boosting station with two pressure booster fans, safety equipment and instrumentation.

The BOF gas recovery plant allows the recovery of more than 120 million cubic meters per year of highly energetic gas from the oxygen blowing process of the BOFs. This gas will be used for power generation in the works' own power station.

Following the successful performance test, the contractually specified guarantee data were attained on both BOF plants, and Jindal Vijayanagar Steel issued the acceptance certificate as well as the certificate of successful commissioning.

SMS Demag AG forms part of the Metallurgical Plant and Rolling Mill Technology Business Area of the SMS group. SMS GmbH is the holding for a group of companies internationally active in plant construction and mechanical engineering relating to the processing of steel, non-ferrous metals and plastics. The group is divided into the Business Areas of Metallurgical Plant and Rolling Mill Technology, Tube, Long Product and Forging Technology and Plastics Technology. In the year 2004 some 9,500 employees worldwide generated a turnover of about EUR 2.20 billion.