Environmental Clearance Report
Environmental Clearance Report
Environmental Clearance Report
Of
Century Rayon
SUBMITTED BY
Ms. Kshitija R. Nakhwa
M.Sc. PART II ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
2023-2024
SEAT NO:
2023-24
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B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science and Commerce
(Empowered Autonomous), Kalyan
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that Ms. Kshitija R Nakhwa, Exam Seat No. ____________ of M.Sc.
Part II, Semester IV of Environmental Sciences, B. K. Birla College of Arts, Science
and Commerce Kalyan (Empowered Autonomous Status) has submitted his report of
Environmental clearance report of Century Rayon during the academic year 2023-
2024.
Date:
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TABLE OF CONTENT
1 Executive Summary 1
3 Project Description 3
4 Site Analysis 24
5 Planning Brief 26
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LIST OF TABLE
1 Environmental Settings 5
2 Product Details 10
5 Source of power 18
6 Fuel Requirement 18
LIST OF FIGURE
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Fig. No. Particulars No.
3 Plant Layout 9
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CHAPTER 1
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Century Rayon is a division of Century Textiles and Industries limited, Mumbai, belonging
to India’s renowned B.K. Birla Group of Companies. It is situated at Shahad about 60 kms.
North of Mumbai on the bank of Ulhas River.
Century Rayon commenced operations in 1956 with an initial production capacity of 5.5 tons
of viscose filament yarn per day. Today it is the biggest producer of viscose filament yarn in
the country having a capacity of 68.5 Tons per day catering to Textile and Industrial yarn.
The company also produces carbon disulphide, sulphuric acid etc. which are input materials
for producing viscose filament yarn and industrial yarn.
Viscose filament yarn process is accredited with Quality management system ISO 9001:2008.
The plant along with chemical plants are also accredited with Environmental Management
System ISO 14001:2004 and occupational health and safety management system BS OSHAS
18001:2007 Standard. Further the Viscose filament Yarns are tested for harmful substances
according to Oeko-Tex Standard 100 and authorized to use Oeko- Tex mark. Century Rayon
is the first company in Asia to have received Certificate from STeP (Sustainable Textile
Production) which authorizes to use OEKO-TEX® mark for its facilty. This certificate is
issued by M/s. Hohenstein, Germany.
The company is proud of its quality products, initiatives on Energy conservation and Total
Quality Management. Over the years, the Company’s efforts have been acclaimed by Govt.
of India and various trade bodies by bestowing on the company various recognitions and
awards.
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CHAPTER 2
INTRODUCTION OF THE PROJECT/BACKGROUND INFORMATION
2.3 Need of project and its importance to the country and or region
Viscose Filament Yarn (VFY) consumption in Indian market is in the tune of
55 to 56 thousand tons per annum. In view of closure of domestic VFY
producers, Baroda Rayon & National Rayon Corporation demand supply gap
arised and this was bridged through imports from countries like, China,
Germany and Belarus. Imports in the year 2006-07 was nil, which increased
to over 20,000 Tons in the year 2013-14.
As exhibited, India has large consumption of VFY, however production
capacity is not commensurate to meet the demand and therefore imports.
To reduce the dependence on imports, it is essential to increase
domestic production and therefore intend to expand the production
capacity. This would not only save foreign exchange for the nation, but
also use the resources available like technical and skilled labour.
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China has VFY producing plant with large capacities that allows them cost
advantages due to scale of operations and we also need to enhance capacity
to compete.
2.4 Demand Supply gap
In last 8 years, the demand continuous to exceed supply from domestic VFY
producers, which is filled by import. The details of imports of last six years are
being submitted as under:
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Presently we are exporting to various countries like Morocco, Egypt, Brazil,
Bolivia, Algeria, Nigeria, Italy, Turkey, USA, etc.
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CHAPTER 3
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
3.2 Location (map showing general location, specific location and project
boundary & project site layout) with coordinates.
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11 Nearest Airport Mumbai Airport : 52 KM
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→ Map showing general location
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10 Km
Fig: 2: Google Map showing area of 10 km radius from proposed project site
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→ Project site layout
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Fig: 3. Project Layout of Proposed Site
3.3 Details of alternate sites considered and the basis of selecting the
proposed site, particularly the environmental considerations gone into
should be highlighted.
Fig 4.
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Manufacturing of Sodium Sulphate
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3.6 Raw Material required along with estimated quantity, likely
source, marketing area of final product/s, mode of transport of raw
material and Finished product.
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MANUFACTURING OF SULPHURIC ACID
Sulphuric Acid is manufactured by Double Conversion Double Absorption (DCDA)
Process. Molten Sulphur is burnt with dry air to form Sulphur - di - Oxide gas. SO2
thus formed is converted to SO3 (Sulphur - Tri - Oxide) with air using V2O5
(Vanadium Penta Oxide). This is exothermic reaction and produced heat is utilised
for production of steam. Finally SO3 is dissolved in water to form Sulphuric Acid.
Chemical reaction is given below
S + O2 = SO2
2 SO2 + O2 = 2 SO3
SO3 + H2O = H2SO4
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Manufacturing Process of Carbon Disulphide
CS2 gas is manufactured in electric arc furnace using calcined charcoal (carbon)
and molten sulphur. Furnace made with MS body has layers of brick linings of
insulation, fire & Magnesite bricks. Molten sulphur is fed to furnace where it
reacts with well calcined charcoal at temp. around 800°C to produce CS2. The
reaction is endothermic. Required heat energy is supplied by electric power.
CS2 is stored in liquid form under water. Storage tanks are kept in dyke filled with
water to keep CS2 cool.
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Table: 3.1 List of Raw Materials
We shall procure the raw material from domestic market by roads. Finished Product
will be transported using roadways.
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3.8.1 Water Source
The source of water for the proposed project shall be met through Ulhas
River. Total water requirement including the proposed project will be 17550
KLD. The total wastewater generation will be 13300 KLD. Details of water
consumption and waste water generation is shown in table 4, Water Balance
is shown in table 4.
Table 4: Details of water consumption and waste water generation
Department Existing water, KLD Water after expansion, KLD
Water Effluent Water Effluent
Requirement Discharge Requirement Discharge
Gross reqt for VFY 14350 12550 18400 12550
Less recycle water -2000
Auxiliary plant 650 450 650 450
Total 15000 13000 17050 13000
Additional raw water 2050
Domestic 500 300 500 300
Note: Additional effluent going to ETP will be 2000 KLD, which will be treated
by suitable method to achieve desired quality for reuse in process. Thus no
increase in trade waste water generation is expected.
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3.8.2 POWER REQUIREMENTS
Electricity shall be obtained from MSEDCL. The total power & fuel requirement for
the proposed project is given in Table 5 & Table 6.
NB: Additional quantity of steam will be met by using waste heat boiler of acid plants
and by switching some steam run equipment to electrically operated equipment for
increase in production from 25000 MT/A to 30000 MT/A.
3.9 Quantity of wastes to be generated (liquid and solid) and scheme for their
management/ Disposal
Total water requirement including the proposed project will be 17550 KLD. The total
wastewater generation from industrial process and domestic will be 13300 KLD.
The characteristics of ETP inlet and outlet water with desirable permissible limits for
effluent disposal are presented in below table.
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Table 7: ETP inlet and outlet characteristics
The effluent water flows is around 13,000 m3/day from various process departments
is received through various channels. The pH of these different streams is reads by
inserted pH probe in individual channel. The ph of effluent is mostly acidic in nature
and is neutralized by addition of lime in incoming effluent stream channel & in
equalization tank. The effluent water from equalization tank is pumped by neutralized
effluent transfer pump to flash mixer of clarifloculator. Pumping of effluent water in
flash mixer is followed by addition of poly- electrolyte and then to clarifloculator
where flocculation and settling occur. The clarified water overflows to aeration tank
before final disposal of effluent. For pH correction of alkaline effluent, auto acid
dozing system is provided at the overflow of clarifier. Part of Rayon After Treatment
and Tyrecord spin bath effluent rich in zinc is taken separately in Zinc equalization
tank and then pump to clariflocculator tank where pH is maintained between 9 to 11
to separate out zinc from effluent. Overflow of clarifier is taken back to inlet of
equalization tank.
The settled sludge of both clarifiers are taken into thickener for concentrating the
sludge and then pumped to super D-canter for separation of solid & liquid. Solid
sludge is collected in trolley kept below the machine and then it is disposed in a pit.
Liquid goes to equalization tank. The collected sludge is sent to Mumbai Waste
Management Ltd., Taloja, regularly.
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There shall be about 2000 KLD increase in effluent generation from process. This
will be reused/recycled.
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Fig 5: ETP flow diagram
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3.9.2 Solid & Hazardous waste generation & Management plaN
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3.10 Schematic representations of the feasibility drawing which give
information of EIA purpose.
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CHAPTER 4
SITE ANALYSIS
4.4 Existing land use pattern (agriculture, non-agriculture, forest, water bodies
(including area under CRZ)), shortest distances from the periphery of the
project to periphery of the forests, national park, wild life sanctuary, eco
sensitive areas, water bodies (distance from HFL of the river), CRZ. In case of
the notified industrial area, a copy of the Gazette notification should be given.
There is no forest, national park, wild life sanctuary, eco sensitive areas in
surrounding 15 Km of the plant boundary. CRZ is not applicable for this
project.
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4.7 Climatic data from secondary sources.
Proposed project site is fall under seismic zone – III which is not highly
earthquake prone area. The climate in this area varies from tropical wet and
dry climate. The rainfall is erratic and monsoonal and is spatiotemporally
variable. Average annual rainfall of the area is 2000 to 2500
mm. Temperature varies from 22 °C to 36 °C. Winter temperatures can fall as
low as 12 °C at night while summer temperatures can rise to over 40 °C at
noon.
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CHAPTER 5
PLANNING BRIEF
5.3 Land use planning (breakup along with green belt etc.)
Table 10: Land Use Planning
5.5 Amenities/Facilities
Proper site services such as First Aid, Drinking Water,
Maintenance Workshop, etc. will be provided to the workers.
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CHAPTER 6
ANALYSIS OF PROPOSAL (FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS)
Financial and social benefits with special emphasis on the benefit to be local people
including tribal population, if any, in the area.
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