MEIL to produce 35 lakh litres of medical oxygen per day
Hyderabad firm to collaborate with DRDO to construct 40 oxygen generation plants which can generate about 1,000 litres of oxygen per minute
Hyderabad: To further boost the efforts of the Telangana government, Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Ltd (MEIL) has come forward to offer a free supply of medical oxygen cylinders to meet the needs of an increasing number of Covid patients requiring oxygen. MEIL has submitted its proposal to the Telangana government in this direction.
As per the initiative taken by the engineering company, MEIL is planning to supply 500 to 600 Oxygen cylinders per day, with each cylinder having a capacity of 7,000 litres. The total quantum of supply of oxygen thus will be around 35 lakh litres, the company said in a statement.
MEIL has already received requests to refill oxygen cylinders from Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (50 cylinders), Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital (200), Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences (100) and Hyderabad Care Hi-tech hospital (50). These hospitals have augmented their Covid bed strength in response to the spurt in cases and they are now seeking oxygen cylinders.
MEIL with the technical support of DRDO is also planning to construct 30-40 oxygen generation plants. Each plant can generate 150-1,000 litres per minute based on the technology of on-board oxygen generation used in fighter planes. DRDO director Col. BS Rawat has appointed senior scientist Dr Raghavendra Rao to coordinate on this collaboration.
MEIL is setting up a 30 metric tonnes per day Cryogenic Oxygen Liquefaction Plant, which will be installed and commissioned at ITC Bhadrachalam latest by mid of May. The cryogenic oxygen will then be converted into usable liquid oxygen for medical purposes at the company’s facilities.
If need arises, MEIL is ready to import 2-3 Cryogenic Oxygen Tanks from its own unit in Spain, which will help in the sourcing and movement of liquid oxygen.
The company aims to cater to the oxygen cylinder needs of both the Telugu States through multiple initiatives.
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