A visit at SIDHEE CEMENT Plant, SIDHEEGRAM,Sutrapada

24th February 2018

Organized by:Civil Engineering Department

Coordinator:Prof. N.J. HindochaProf. J.S. Makadiya

Prepared By : N.J. Hindocha

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CONTENT

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(1) Acknowledgement 2

(2) General Information 3

(3) Purpose of Visit 4(4) What we learn? 5

(5) Photo – GalleryPhoto – Gallery 8

(6) Conclusion 12

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We are gladly thankful to Director / principal Dr. N.M.Sureja

as well as Head of the Department Prof. H.H. Gajera (Civil

Engineering) for providing such great opportunities to learn

something new and innovative and our faculties who gave us

a great guidance regarding practical knowledge and instructed

us the importance of field visit in civil engineering. So we

decided to take visit a SIDHEE CEMENT at SIDHEEGRAM,

SUTRAPADA, dist- GIR- SOMNATH (GUJRAT)

We are especially thankful to prof. N.J.Hindocha and Prof.

J.S.Makadiya to guide us about the practical knowledge of

cement manufacturing plant.

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G ENERAL INFORMATION

Cement Industry Description:

Cement is one of the basis in the modern construction works. Cementis a binder and its origin is Mesopotamian from the third millenniumBC and is based in lime. After that Romans make cement in a largescale with pozzolona rocks (volcanic).

Currently the main part of cement (Portland cement) is made fromcalcined limestone. In a second phase calcined limestone (Clinker) isgrinded and mixed with other ingredients to make the finishedcement.

There are two main processes in cement manufacturing:

-Clinkerization process:To transform the limestone into clinker(calcined-limestone)-Grinding process:Clinker is grinded and is blended with a smallamount of gypsum to make finished cement.

Other kinds of cement include Slag-cement or pozzolana cementwith Ground-Granulated Blast Furnace Slag and Pozzolana volcanicrocks respectively.

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PURPOSE OF VISIT

Our main purpose for this visit is to be familiar with industrial

environment and to get practical knowledge of Cement manufacturing

plant. Also in 4th semester subject like Concrete technology subject

requires knowledge about how cement should be manufature, so it is

very much convenient to see all the practical and components in real

time work environment.

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WHAT WE LEARN?

On 24th February 2018 , at 10:00 am we reached at

SIDHEE CEMENT Sutrapada. We started the visit from mine of

comapnay from where raw material is used, and than we visited ,

Cement SILO, KILN, Crusher, lay out plan of cement plant ,Lime-

stone Storage,Packing Plant, Way-Bridge.

INFORMATION OF MINING AND PLANT:-

Project : Morasa Vavdi Limestone Mine

Name of Company / Mine Owner : M/s Gujarat Sidhee Cement Limited

Location Village : Morasa - Vavdi Tehsil : Sutrapada District : Gir Somnath State : Gujarat

1) Mining Lease Area & Type of land:- Total Mine Lease area is 93.1407 Ha.

2) Geographical coordinates:- Project Coordinated provided as 3) Name of Rivers/Nallahs/ Tanks/Spring/ Lakes etc.:-

Saraswati River 4.3 km Arabian Sea 4.0 km Triveni sangam 13.5 km

4) Name of Reserve Forest, Wild life Sanctuary/ National parks etc.:- Sutrapada bandu RF 3.0 km SW

RF near Dhamlej 5.5 km S RF near Sanjay nagar 8 km WSW

5) Topography of ML area:- The altitude within the lease area ranges between 12 m to 19 m above MSL (as on Surface plan)

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6) Project Proposal:- Increase in Limestone Production from 0.272 MTPA to 1.0 MTPA

7) Name of Mineral mined:- Limestone8) Mineral Reserve in Million Tons:-

Resources :19.29 million tonnes Mineable (111): 5.601 million tonnes Probable(121&122): 6.01 million tonnes Inferred (333) 5.38 million tonnes Blocked: 2.30 million tones9) Life of mine: - 12 years10) Drilling/ Blasting: - No11) Mining method: - Opencast mechanized12) GWT intersection: - Ground water table will not be intersected13) Drainage pattern/water courses:- There is no regular drainage pattern in this areaexcept few small shallow seasonal channels which follow surface topography

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Layout plan of sidhee cement plant

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PHOTO – GALLERY

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CONCLUSION

From this visit, we get the information and knowledge aboutthe components of cement plant and manufacturing ofcement. Students got very clear idea about the importance ofdifferent components of cement plant.

Thank You

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