Energy conservation potential in rural industry: A case study on coir industry

Author

Kamaleswaran, K. ; Venkateshwaran, M. ; Harinath, P. ; Mydeen, M. Adam ; Kirubakaran, V.

Author_Institution

Rural Energy Center, Gandhigram Rural Inst., Dindigal, India

fYear

2015

fDate

19-20 March 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Energy Conservation takes a critical point in deciding the profit cost of any product. However the concept of energy auditing or energy conservation potential study in Rural Industry not fetched because of lack of awareness. This study aims in studying the unorganized Rural Industry - Coir Industry about their power consumption and saving potential. Online Power analyzer, Thermal Imager has been used. Form the analysis it was found that unbalanced loading was there. By proper sequencing the balancing of loading has been achieved it not only reduces the power but also reducing the power factor penalty.

Keywords

auditing; energy conservation; infrared imaging; power consumption; power factor; power markets; power supply quality; profitability; coir industry; energy auditing; energy conservation potential; energy saving potential; power consumption; power factor penalty reduction; profit cost; rural industry; thermal imager; Belts; Buildings; Computers; Induction motors; Power quality; Reactive power; energy audit; harmonics; online power analyzer; power factor;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuit, Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT), 2015 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nagercoil

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCPCT.2015.7159444

Filename

7159444