A Report

on
Industrial Visit
TO

GUJARAT ALKALIES AND CHEMICALS LIMITED

RANOLI, VADODARA
On
13th, 14th, 15th and 23rd September 2016
Visited By
5TH SEMESTER STUDENTS

Submitted by
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Dr. Jivraj Mehta Institute of Technology, Anand
Prepared by
VIVEK PATEL
 INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO GACL

GACL - COMPANY PROFILE:-

Gujarat Alkalies and Chemical Limited (GACL) has two units located
at Vadodara and Dahej, both in the State of Gujarat. It has integrated
manufacturing facilities for Caustic Soda, Chlorine, Hydrogen Gas,
Hydrochloric Acid, Chloromethane, Hydrogen Peroxide, Phosphoric
Acid, Potassium Hydroxide, Potassium Carbonate, Sodium Cyanide,
Sodium Ferro cyanide. The Dahej unit also has 90 MW Captive Power
Plant (CPP) for regular and economic power supply.

GACL Plant glimpses

Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Limited (GACL) were incorporated on
29th March, 1973 in the State of Gujarat by Gujarat Industrial
Investment Corporation Limited (GIIC), a wholly owned company of
Govt. of Gujarat, as a Core Promoter.

The Company commenced its operations in 1976 with 37,425 MTPA

Caustic Soda Plant based on the then, state-of-the-art Mercury Cell
process at its Plant which is situated 16 km North of Vadodara near
Village Ranoli on the main Railway track route between Ahmedabad
and Mumbai.

Right from the inception, GACL has been following the strategy of
continuous capacity expansion in core areas. The first stage
expansion of the Caustic Soda Plant raising the capacity to 70,425
MTPA was undertaken in October, 1981 followed by a diversification
programed to produce 2000 MTPA of Sodium Cyanide in December,
1982.

In 1984, the second stage expansion to increase the capacity of

Caustic Soda Plant to 103,425 MTPA was undertaken.
Simultaneously, the Company undertook the diversification project
for manufacture of 10,560 MTPA of Chloromethane using Chlorine, a
co-product of the Company and in 1991, the capacity of
Chloromethane production was doubled.
As power is the major input for production of Caustic Soda and
constitutes about 65% - 70% of the cost of production, the Company
along with other Corporations like M/s. GSFC, Petrofils Co-operative
Ltd. and Gujarat Electricity Board promoted a gas based power unit
in Vadodara under the name of Gujarat Industrial Power Company
Ltd. (GIPCL) during the year 1985. As a promoter of GIPCL, the
Company gets low cost power, as the plant is gas based and is
depreciated.

The conversion of second Mercury Cell to Membrane Cell was carried

out during March, 1994, thereby eliminating the total use of mercury
from the Complex for production of Caustic Soda and increasing the
capacity of plant along with this conversion to 170000 MTA including
Potassium Hydroxide facility.
GACL Plant glimpses
Vision
 To continue to be identified and recognized as a dynamic,
modern and eco-friendly chemical company with enduring
ethic and values.

Mission
 To manage our business responsibility and sensitively, in order
to address the needs of our customers and stakeholders.
 To strive for continuous improvement in performance,
measuring results precisely, and ensuring GACL’s growth and
profitability through innovations.
 To demand through salves and others the highest ethical
standards and to ensure product and processes to be of the
highest quality.
Main Products Of Company:-

PRODUCTS
Caustic Soda Group Chloromethane Group
Caustic Soda Lye Methylene Chloride
Caustic Soda Flakes Chloroform
Caustic Soda Prills Carbon
Liquid Chlorine Tetrachloride

Hydrochloric Acid Phosphoric Group

Compressed Hydrogen Phosphoric Acid

Gas Calcium Chloride
Special Chlorine Derivatives Group
Group Calcium Chloride
Anhydrous Aluminium Powder
Chloride Liquid Carbon
Chlorinated Paraffin Dioxide

Benzyl Alcohol Hydrogen Peroxide

Benzaldehyde Group

Benzyl Chloride Hydrogen Peroxide

Sodium Cyanide Group Water Treatment

Sodium Cyanide Group

Sodium Ferrocyanide Bleachwin

Caustic Potash Group Scalewin

Caustic Potash Lye Poly Aluminum
Caustic Potash Flakes Chloride

Potassium Carbonate Biowin

Stable Bleaching
Powder
Sections Visited
 Calcium Chloride Plant
 H2O2 Plant
 Phosphoric Plant
 Utility section and boiler house

Number of Students and Faculties during Visit

The Students visited GACL in four groups the details of which are
given below:
Sr. Date No. of Faculties Plant Visited
Students
1 13/9/16 35 Vikram Oza and  Calcium
Divyesh Dave Chloride
2 14/9/16 35 Vivek Patel and Plant
Amit Patel  H2O2 Plant
3 15/9/16 35 Avdhoot Jejurkar  Phosphoric
and Plant
Mahesh Chavda  Utility section
4 23/9/16 35 Manish Rohit and and boiler
Jugal Shah house
Photo Gallery

Students and Faculties during Visit to GACL

Summery of Visit
 The visit was very useful to students of 5th Semester
Mechanical. They were able to judge today’s needs, demands
and research level.
 They were able to see how well prepared industry persons are
and how committed they work to achieve the target.
 They were able to sense the level of responsibility taken by
employees.
 They could understand how Safety comes first for any task of
industry.
 They could understand what they will be after their graduation
and the type of activities and involvements needed by an
engineer.
 The visit will help students probably to select some useful final
year project work
 Overall it was very useful visit for students as well as faculties.