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Our Commitments and Achievements Towards Greener Environment
In the wake of peaking fuel prices and increased concern and exceedingly huge commitments to protect environment, by all countries across the globe, we felt that, it is imperative to take meaningful and practical steps to minimize the consumption of fossil fuel energy and replace same with renewable energy.
With a view to connecting with our business operations within this framework, we have taken the following measures to reduce energy consumption.
Lighting and operation of machines, generation of high pressure steam, solid waste disposal and waste water re-cycling are the four broad areas of energy using/saving.
1. Energy Saving in Lighting and Motors
Further Goals :- Fair amount of energy is consumed by the compressors. Currently trials are being carried out for line efficiency, pressure drops and working temperature associated with the functioning of the compressors. When these defects are corrected, the expected energy saving would be 175 MWH per year.
2. Energy Saving in Oil Fired Steam Boilers
Previously, we had 02 furnace oil fired boilers to produce high pressure steam to be used in the dyeing and drying processes. Our engineers brought up the bright idea of converting these oil fired boilers, on to Bio-mass boilers, where coconut shell chips and saw-dust are burnt in a modified chamber instead of the furnace oil.
We have already successfully converted the 2,00kg/hr boiler, which already gives us a 25% saving of furnace oil and the larger 5,000kg/hr boiler will be converted in mid December saving the balance 75% of furnace oil consumption. Both coconut shells and saw-dust are plentifully available in commercial quantities in the vicinity. Coconut shells are being collected as a natural by-product in the Desiccated Coconut Industry and Saw-dust is a residue in timber mills. Therefore there is no special process involved to gather these natural raw materials and it so happens that it does not require felling of trees to produce these raw materials.
3. Solid Waste Incinerator
We used to burn solid waste in an incinerator and did not make any use of the heat generated therefrom. Now, with a view to utilizing the heat generated by the incinerator, we are fabricating a device to heat water from 30 to 80 centigrade. The water at 80 centigrade is being used for hot water washing and in the dying process. This was completed by April 2009.
The solid waste collection is around 350 kg per day on the average. with the newly introduced device, 25,000 Ltrs of water (approx) is heated to 80 centigrade and this is being used for hot water washing and in the dying process. The furnace oil saving on this is approx 58,900 Ltrs per year.
4. Waste Water Re-Cycling system for Washing & Cooling System
An average, 280 cubic meter of waste water is being discharged per day. With the introduction of waste water re-cycling system, 120 cubic meter of processed water is being used for washing and 50 cubic meter of waster is used in the cooling system. Thereby, a total of 170 cubic meter of water is being re-cycled and put into productive use. This project will be completed in May 2009. The water saving per year will be 51,000 cubic meter.
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