SAIL RSP succeeds in energy conservation
It is reported that Steel Authority of India Limited's Rourkela Steel Plant has achieved a significant success in improving the performance of the plant as far as energy conservation is concerned. RSP, which is celebrating energy conservation week during December 14 to 20th 2007, attributed this performance to the strategic initiatives of its Energy Management Department.
As per reports, some of the achievements of RSP in this area are as under
- Specific energy consumption has come down from 8.69 giga calories ton of crude steel in 2004-05 to 7.61 giga calories during 2007-08
- Reduction in coke rate which has been brought down from 633 kilogram per ton of hot metal to 578 kilogram per ton of hot metal in 2007-08
- The specific heat consumption rate in coke ovens and blast furnace gas yield which is used as fuel has registered an increasing trend.
- Reduction in specific oxygen consumption in both steel melting shops
- Improvement in hot blast temperature have also been effected
Steel industry is highly energy consuming in nature, where energy cost accounts for nearly 30% of the total production cost. Efficient utilization of energy not only boosts the bottom line of the organization, but also ensures a better environment, by reducing the usage of various fossil fuels and the emission of green house gases.
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