Status: New
| Name & address of the Laboratory/Organization | CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) | |
| Website address | https://www.ncl-india.org | |
| Affiliated to which Department/Ministry | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) | |
| CSR Registration Number | CSR00017422 | |
| Registration under 12A | ||
| Registration under 80G | ||
| Name of the CSR Nodal | Dr. Tanmoy Patra | |
| Contact information of CSR Nodal | +91-20-2590-2124, t.patra@ncl.res.in | |
| Principal Investigator | Mr. Rajendra Kumar, k.rajendra@ncl.res.in | |
| Co- Principal Investigator (Co-PI) | Dr. Nilesh Mali , na.mali@ncl.res.in | |
| Objective on the basis of need | 1. To conduct the reaction calorimeter experiment of industrial chemical reactions to generate the heat of reaction, heat rate, adiabatic temperature rise (Tad), maximum temperature of synthesis reaction (MTSR), and pressure rise data due to cooling failure. 2. To conduct the thermal screening experiment of industrial chemical reactions to generate important thermal hazard data such as reaction onset temperature, rate of temperature rise (dT/dt), rate of pressure rise (dP/dt), maximum possible pressure (Pmax), time from exotherm to explosion, etc. 3. To assess the safe storage and transportation conditions of chemicals. 4. To determine the range of safe operating parameters for a chemical process. |
| Executive summary of the proposed project (In 250 words) | Process safety assessment of a chemical process at the plant scale is very important nowadays for safe operations. In the absence of this information, the chances of accidents are very high. We can see so many accidents in the news due to the explosion of reactors in terms of the release of temperature and pressure energy. At CSIR-NCL we have a full-fledged RC and TSU facility, which can take industrial reaction samples to generate the required safety data. The heat of reaction, heat rate, Tad, MTSR, pressure rise due to cooling failure, reaction onset temperature, (dT/dt)max, (dP/dt)max, Pmax, time from exotherm to the explosion data can be generated as consultancy industrial projects. The generated RC and TSU data will help the chemical industry with a safe scale-up of exothermic processes. It will also help to choose the safe range of operating parameters such as reaction temperature and pressure. It will also help for the safe storage condition assessment of various chemicals with thermal hazard nature. For the RC study, the operating temperature range would be from 0 ⁰C to 160 ⁰C, and the pressure range would be from ambient to 40 Bar. For the TSU study, the operating temperature range would be from ambient to 300 ⁰C, and the pressure range would be from vacuum to 80 Bar. Almost all kind of industrial chemical reactions such as hydrogenation, nitration, grignard, hydrolysis, neutralization, etc can be conducted using RC and TSU facility at CSIR-NCL. However for reactions with corrosive nature, corrosion data would be required to check the feasibility. Similarly for high potent chemical reactions, exposure limit data would be needed to check the feasibility. |
| Technology Readiness Level (If not a new project but an advancement of existing know how) | NA |
| Outomes or Deliverables | 1. The heat of reaction, heat rate, Tad, MTSR, pressure rise due to cooling failure, reaction onset temperature, (dT/dt)max, (dP/dt)max, Pmax, time from exotherm to the explosion data generated from RC and TSU. 2. To train the chemical industry on how to use RC and TSU data for their processes for safe operation and for the selection of suitable MOC of their equipment such as reactor MOC. 3. To help the chemical industry to choose the safe range of operating parameters such as reaction temperature and pressure. 4. To help the chemical industry with the safe storage condition assessment of various chemicals with a thermal hazard nature. 5. To help the chemical industry to choose the safe reagent feeding rate and suitable chilling capacity for the exothermic industrial chemical processes. |
| Project aligned with which most relevant UN SDGs | Goal 9 - Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure Goal 11 - Sustainable Cities & Communities |
| Duration (In years) | We already have RC and TSU facility at CSIR-NCL Pune, we can serve industry immediately. |
| Expected Impact | Chemical and API plant safety |
| Implementation model (self- implemented/ outsourced partnership) | self- implemented |
| Total Budget (Recurring +Non-Recurring Expenses) | As CSIR-NCL Pune already has this facility, hence only nominal testing charges to operate this facility would be required to avail this facility. |
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