Hiccup at Ashuganj fertiliser again
Production at Ashuganj Fertiliser Chemical Company Limited (AFCCL) came to a halt again as a leakage developed in the ammonia plant of the factory at 10 pm on Wednesday night.
According to AFCCL office sources, due to overheating and other mechanical faults, a big leakage developed in the 'super heater boiler tube' of the ammonia plant causing it to emit gas vigorously.
Finding no other way, the authorities instantly stopped the functioning the factory.
As a result, the factory cannot produce at least 1,235 metric tones (mt) of urea daily from today counting a loss of at least Tk. 1,23,50,000 a day.
The engineers and technicians of the factory are trying hard to repair the faults. It will take a week for them to repair the fault, an engineer said.
Contacted, managing director (MD) of AFCCL Md. Osman Gani said the engineers and technicians of the factory are working round the clock to repair the faults. By September 29 they will be able to put the things in order, he said.
Earlier on September 17, urea production at the factory had stopped due to a leakage in the HPCC vessel of urea production unit.\
The factory resumed production on September 21 following repair of the leakage.
In Jamalpur, Jamuna urea fertiliser factory resumed its production on Tuesday morning after a month-long shut down due to gas crisis, reports a correspondent.
General Manager (operation) Zahurul Hassan said the industry having the capacity to produce 1700 metric tonne urea per day was still not getting necessary gas supply at the time of operation Tuesday morning.
As a result the production of the plant will remain at 1000 mt per day, he observed.
The plant was shut on August 18. In a month the factory incurred a loss of about Tk 50 crore, said the GM (accounts).
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