The Fertilisers And Chemicals Travancore Limited (FACT), Kochi is expanding its NPK Fertilizer capacity. Nuberg EPC, the Indian Global EPC, and turnkey project management company announced that it has been selected for the construction of the brownfield 1650 TPD NPK Plant at FACT-Cochin Division on an EPC-LSTK basis, thereby enhancing the total production capacity to 3,650 TPD of complex fertiliser. The Fertilisers And Chemicals Travancore Ltd. (FACT), a Government of India Enterprise, is the first large-scale fertilizer companies in India. The NPK Plant is being built within FACT’s existing manufacturing facility of Cochin Division (CD) at Ambalam Edu, Ernakulam district of Kerala state.
Nuberg EPC shall be executing this project based on Pre-Neutralizer with Pipe Reactor (PN+PR) technology licensed from INCRO S.A. (Spain). The plant will be capable of producing various grades of NPKs as per requirement. The company is taking up the project on an LSTK basis and the project is scheduled to be completed by mid-2023. This plant shall be primarily designed to produce NPK 20:20:0:13 having a rated capacity of 75 TPH in a single stream from Pre-Neutralizer (PN) technology and DAP 18:46:0 using Pre-Neutralizer and Pipe Reactor (PN+PR) technology, meeting FCO requirements using Ammonia, Phosphoric acid, Sulphuric acid, Urea, filler, etc. as required.
In addition to the above two grades, "Nuberg EPC" shall be carrying out the design, detailed engineering of the plant to enable the owner for future production of different grades of NPKs such as 10:26:26, 16:20:0, 28:28:0, 12:32:16, & 14:35:14 using Ammonia, Phosphoric Acid, Sulphuric acid, Muriate of Potash, Urea, etc. as required for meeting FCO requirement.