Petroleum Conservation Research Association Raipur, Urla
Industries Association and Small Industries Service Institute
came together to organize an Industry meet on “Furnace
Efficiency Improvement through Energy Conservation”
in Hotel Piccadilly, Raipur on 8th September 2004. The event
was aimed at creating awareness among industries about the
efficient management of energy with stress on proposing practical
and commercially viable measures to be adopted for energy
savings in furnaces as it has a direct positive impact on
the industry’s bottom line.
The response to the event was very good as around 100 participants
from various industries and Govt. Departments turned out,
actively participated making the technical sessions lively
and gave their feedback in the end.
The Inaugural Function was chaired by Shri R K Gupta, Chief
Regional Coordinator, PCRA, Mumbai. He delivered the key note
address in which he highlighted the overall oil scenario of
the world with special mention of the “Hydrocarbon Vision:
2025” of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Govt.
of India .He suggested the industrialists to keep an eye on
the specific energy consumption of their plants to be able
to cope up with the changing energy scenario and its impact
on the industries. He also elaborated about PCRA’s activities
in various Economic Sectors.
Shri G K Agrawal, President, Urla Industries Association
in his address compared the specific energy consumption in
India vis a vis Japan and appealed the industrialists to give
a thought to their energy bills. He advocated the availability
of easy finance for carrying out energy audit and appealed
the financial agencies to come forward for that.
Shri R S Badapatra, Deputy Director, Small Industries Service
Institute, in his address gave stress on the design aspects
of furnaces for improving efficiency and optimum utilization
of fuel. He suggested that for all this commitment of the
management towards energy saving is prime requirement. He
also mentioned that waste heat utilization is one significant
factor for achieving better energy efficiency.
The Inaugural function was also addressed by Shri R Muthukrishnan,
State Level Coordinator, Oil Industries Chhattisgarh, Shri
Ramesh Agrawal, President, Mini Steel Plant Association Raipur
and Shri R Puri, AGM, SBI Raipur.
Shri C K Dhiran, SRO, PCRA Raipur proposed the vote of thanks.
The Inauguration function was followed by two Technical sessions
in which the representatives of different companies made presentations
on different aspects of energy saving in industrial furnaces.
After the Technical sessions the forum was left open for
the participants to get their queries and doubts cleared.
Upon completion of this open forum Mr. R K Gupta declared
the meet completed.
On the revenue generation front a sum of Rs.33120.00 was
collected as participation fee from the presenters and through
sale of PCRA booklets. |
