Heavy Water Plants
Sr.No

Heavy Water Plant Location

Process Date of commissioning
1. Nangal, Punjab Hydrogen Liquification and Distillation Aug, 1962
2.(*) Baroda, Gujarat Monothermal Ammonia-Hydrogen Exchange July, 1977
3. Tuticorin, Tamilnadu Monothermal Ammonia-Hydrogen Exchange July,1978
4.(**) Talcher, Orissa Bi-thermal Ammonia - Hydrogen
Exchange
March, 1978
5. Kota, Rajasthan Hydrogen Sulphide - Water Exchange April, 1985
6. Thal, Maharashtra Monothermal Ammonia - Hydrogen Exchange February, 1987
7. Hazira, Gujarat Monothermal Ammonia - Hydrogen Exchange February, 1991
8. Manuguru, Andhra Pradesh Hydrogen Sulphide Water
Exchange
December, 1991

 

(*)

HWP (Baroda): Operation of Heavy Water Plant at Baroda has been suspended with effect from 31.12.1998 due to non-availability of high pressure synthesis gas from Ammonia Plant due to technological obsolescence.

(**)

HWP (Talcher): Operation of the Plant at Talcher had to be suspended with effect from 29th April, 1994 due to non-availability of feed synthesis gas on a sustained basis. The infrastructure facility at Talcher is being utilised to diversify the activities for the Board in producing High purity solvents, such as TOPS-99(D2EHPA), TBP,etc.

   

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