MECON Limited issues RfP for use of Hydrogen injection in DRI Pilot Plant

The Ministry of Steel issues an RFP for pilot projects on hydrogen injection in DRI plants and blast furnaces to promote decarbonization and sustainability.

MECON Limited, engaged by the Ministry of Steel as a Scheme Implementing Agency, has issued a Request for Proposal (RfP) seeking a proposal from the prospective Bidders for the use of Hydrogen in the DRI Pilot Plant, in the existing Blast Furnace and in the existing DRI Vertical shaft.

The RfP document has been uploaded in e-tender mode in the Tender wizard, MECON website, and the Central Procurement Portal on 11.06.2024 with a Bid submission date of 08.07.2024.

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The CPSUs, state-PSUs, Private sectors, state corporations, Indian R&D institutions/Research labs/Academic institutions, indigenous equipment design and manufacturing companies, and JVs/partnerships/consortiums of such entities are invited to submit proposals for their selected scheme.

 

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The objectives of the schemes are to advance technologies and expertise for the utilization of Hydrogen in the steelmaking process, to support the deployment of Hydrogen in the iron and steel sector, to validate the technical feasibility and performance of Hydrogen in the Iron & Steel Manufacturing in real-world operational conditions, to evaluate the economic viability of the use of Green Hydrogen in the iron & steel sector, to evaluate the performance of Hydrogen based low carbon iron & steel and to demonstrate safe and secure operations of Hydrogen based production of low-carbon iron & steel.

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