AIR CONDITIONING IN PLATINUM RATED GREEN FACTORY

Energy saving in any process or here in the Air-conditioning utility can be first achieved by COARSE step control of AC compressors switching ON & OFF automatically suiting to process / utility load demands.

And then, the FINE control of each AC compressor operation is done thro VFD throttling to achieve pin-point regulation of the SET indoor temperature.

  Published in Cooling India Magazine August 2014

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BRIM YOUR UTILITY TO TRIM ENERGY LOSSES

The existing utility in the industry works like a Brim-less Energy Tumbler when feeding the energy toproduction. When we drink water from a brim-less tumbler, there is always a slip between the cup and the lip.

This is due to full level of water in the tumbler and it is without brim. Hence, the loading of utility and here,its brim is focused to trim the energy losses that happen in between the production & utility.

  Published in Electrical India Magazine 2013 Issue.

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COMFORT YOUR AC TO CONSERVE OUR ELECTRICITY

The ceiling fan is a luxury but a necessity to the poor man. But to rich man, the Air conditioner is not a luxury but it alone need not be always a necessity.  The rich man can combine the poor man’s AC that is the ceiling fan along with his AC and can get better comfort at reduced power bills. 

Please bear in mind, if the AC is healthy only, power savings is possible. If the AC is having defects, please correct the same first, comfort the machine and this will automatically achieve power savings in AC. If we are not able to overhaul, change wetted parts in our existing AC circuit to achieve power savings.

It is a wise move now to exchange your old inefficient with 5 star rated AC to achieve more savings to counter the hike in power cost.

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ENERGY CONSERVATION ELEVATED TO TOP OF PYRAMID

The Energy pyramid has 3 segments top, middle and bottom. The bottom of pyramid is Energy Conservation, The Middle is Energy Efficiency and the top is Renewable Energy Alternatives. Now, the thrust given by the Government shows that the talk of the nation is Solar as Renewable now and the talk of the State EB boards is CFL or LED is the only resource as energy efficiency.

Now the policy makers give reverse thrust from the top i.e. Renewable Alternatives and hence we are witnessing the Energy Conservation (normally the low hanging fruit) is pushed to the top of pyramid now.

Published in the SIMA Souvenir Dec 2013

HARMONIC MITIGATION IN PLATINUM RATED GREENEST FACTORY

The industry must wake up to the call of needs of non-linear loads as the existing the capacitor banks, APFC etc are mis-fitting to VFD loads and are distorting the power quality more now. So wherever necessary, to isolate, replace with RCC version PF compensation along with hybrid Passive & Active Harmonic filtering techniques.

          In the design itself hereafter, the industry needs to plan to segregate the load as Linear & Non-linear and plan for PF improvement for linear loads and   Harmonics reduction for non-linear loads starting from the load end in the field first and then at SSB and in MV panel finally.

 Published in Electrical India Magazine Nov 2014 Issue.

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Published in Electrical India Magazine April 2015 issue / click above. 

Energy conservation Initiatives and the Implementation Measures is the collective responsibility of the Govt and the Industry. First the Govt needs to promote the ECON Initiatives to the industry & society by mandatory approach now and that is the need of the hour. All along, the Govt thro BEE was suggesting only, the ECON measures to the industry. The same Govt thro BEE had thrust five star ratings of gadgets in the domestic & commercial segment and the point is driven home already. But compared to domestic & commercial segment energy consumption, the industry is a Energy Guzzler.

But the Govt till date, has promoted ECON measures for namesake only. If the same is enforced on the industry, then the industry also will take up the ECON issue practically and achieve the energy reduction year after year thro ECON & Energy Efficiency measures thro Energy Audit route. Also the industry needs to showcase in detail, their value added ECON & energy efficiency measures in their Company Annual Reporting. 



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Published in Cooling India Magazine April 2015 isssue .

The industry is taking care not to overload the equipments in the production and in the utility considering the safety of the equipments. But, is the same industry monitoring to identify the under-loading of their equipments? At least when the equipments are under-loaded, they need to aware that they lose energy either in that equipment due to its poor loading or in that process loop containing the equipment.Condition monitoring of any fan as a system is a practical solution to avoid the above routinely happening problems in the field.