Oxygen Plant at NTPC Bongaigaon inaugurated to tackle COVID 19 crisis

New Delhi: Under the Ministry of Power Initiative, NTPC Bongaigaon under its Corporate Social Responsibility inaugurated the oxygen boosting & bottling plant for its Pressure Swing Adsorption Technology (PSA type) oxygen plant of total capacity of 15 Nm3/hr (Configuration of PSA type oxygen generation plant shall be 3x5Nm3/hr Modules).

The Oxygen plant was inaugurated post the dedication of various Oxygen plants across the country by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi under PM Care Fund.

 

The oxygen plant set up as a preventive measure and care against COVID 19 was inaugurated at NTPC Bongaigaon Hospital premises by Dr. Jahiruddin Ahmed, Joint Director, Health Services, Kokrajhar, BTR, Assam in the presence of Shri Subrata Mandal, ED, NTPC Bongaigaon and corona warriors of the station. The corona warriors include the employees and medical staff of the power station who have contributed to setting up this plant and ensuring its completion.

NTPC Bongaigaon’s oxygen plant has a piping network which is being provided for 40 beds at NTPC site hospital. Provision for back up supply from the cylinder banks is also being provided with automatic changeover from direct supply (PSA module) to Cylinder bank and vice versa. The oxygen plant is equipped with Automatic Oxygen generation on demand Online purity indication and Audio-visual alarms Analog output for remote monitoring Mimic display for PSA functions meets the requirements as per Indian standard / ISO and other international standards.

 

Shri T.Ravinder, GM (O&M), Shri Umesh Singh, GM(FM and Maintenance), Shri D.P.Patra, GM (Operations),Smt. Jayasree Mandal, President, Bardwi Sikhla Club, Dr. Ela Chakraborty, CMO, NTPC Bongaigaon, departmental heads, representatives of Union and Association, welfare bodies were also present on the occasion.

Read Also : SJVN bids farewell to Smt. Geeta Kapur, CMD and Director (Personnel)