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ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Foundry Industry
Activities
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
conservation themes.
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Step 5
Input Power
100%
Melting
83.25 %
Furnace
78.76%
Melting
69.52%
Environmental
control 5.33 %
Utilities
2.97%
Auxiliary
4.49%
Holding
9.24%
Moulding
2.80 %
Sand plant
1.0%
Cooling
pumps
3.86%
Crane &
Hoist 0.63%
Finishing
2.18%
Mixer
1.80 %
Melting
Environment
Utilities
Moulding
Finishing
Input
power
Cycle
time
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Deslagging
Tapping
Charging
Melting
Reduce these
activities
Charging manually
with magnet
After
After
Loose steel
After
Bundled steel
After
Charge hopper and furnace on load cells to achieve right composition at the
first check.
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After
After
Contact type
measurement through
thermocouple
After
Continuous monitor
through Infra Red
pyrometer
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15
Manual Ramming
After
Pneumatic Ramming
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After
Manual breakage
Minimum 12 hrs
Maximum 3 hrs
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After
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Melting
Environment
Utilities
Moulding
Finishing
Moulding
1. Reduce energy consumption in sand plant.
2. Reduce the mixer energy consumption
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25 conveyor
After
16 conveyors
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After
1
3 conveyors
1 conveyor
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After
GHT
EASED
0 mm
OP
SAND LEVEL
SAND LEVEL
<-----CURVED
ARM BLADES
Blender blades
manufacturers design
<-----CURVED
ARM BLADES
Melting
Environment
Utilities
Moulding
Finishing
Utilities
Reduce energy consumption by the compressors
Regulate the input voltage to the circuit
LIGHTING
WHEN IT IS BRIGHT
SWITCH OFF THE LIGHT
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90
85
80
75
13:50
13:30
13:10
70
12:50
P si
95
H o u rs
A fter
B efo re
26
After
Screw compressors
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Less energy consumption / CFM
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GREEN POWER
! Installed 59 windmills.
! Each windmill capacity is 250 kW.
! Wind energy consumed in this year is
15 million kWh.
! 25% of power requirement of Foundry is
met by wind power.
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Dust collector
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Energy Consumption
Melting
650
600
550
500
602
571
Benchmark
Current
450
400
Period
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Energy Consumption
Auxiliaries - Melting
200
175
150
125
163
146
100
Benchmark
Current
Period
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Energy Consumption
Moulding
30
20
26
21
10
Benchmark
Current
Period
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Energy Consumption
Utilities
30
20
27
22
10
Benchmark
Current
Period
36
950
900
850
920
862
800
750
Benchmark
Current
Period
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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT
S usp end ed p articulate m atter (S P M )
500
400
300
200
414
100
15 9
0
B en ch m ark
C u rren t
P erio d
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Thank You
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