Discover how the Sainsons Paper Industry in India revolutionized their effluent treatment plant with Atlas Copco screw blowers. This is the success story of a promising investment that propelled their manufacturing efficiency. Sainsons Paper Industries chose the power of innovation with Atlas Copco.
Project overview
Water is essential to life. But along with an increasing demand of water in the modern world, we are also witnessing a rise in water contamination. A significant part of this contamination comes from effluents that are a byproduct of industrial applications such as paper production.
Typically it takes 500 L of water needed to produce 1 kg of paper. As per government regulation, the water used for paper manufacturing needs to be treated in ETP itself before it is released into water bodies.
The customer
Sainsons Paper Industries
Location
Kurukshetra, Haryana
The challenge
Sainsons Paper Industries, an eminent brand in the Indian manufacturing sector focuses on manufacturing sustainably. They produce around 350T of paper per day with agro and recycled fiber. They have been using rice straw to fuel their boilers for the last six to seven years, which has significantly reduced their carbon footprint. Harikrishana Saini, Director and Raj Kumar, General Manager (Operations), Sainsons Paper Industries, point out, “We were using conventional root blowers in our ETP and these blowers consumed a lot of power.”
Assessment & solution
The customer comments, ”After searching the market, we found that Atlas Copco blowers consumed less power and had low noise levels. Moreover, the energy savings resulting from switching to Atlas Copco blowers meant that the blowers paid for themselves in less than two years.”
Ravi Kumar, Senior Service Specialist, Atlas Copco India explains, “We had conducted the air audit and air demand analysis of the plant. On the basis of report, the customer got to know the actual air consumption for maintaining the DO in the ETP plant.”
Implementation & outcome
Sainsons Paper Industries chose Atlas Copco blowers in order to reduce their energy use. Veronica Shepherd, Atlas Copco’s marketing engineer on the project says, “Effluent treatment plants are incomplete without the aeration process. This process requires uninterrupted supply of air. In ETP plants, blowers can consume over 60-70% of energy. Ravi Kumar adds, “Atlas Copco blowers are service friendly and require less maintenance. The blower is equipped with the screen controller and SMARTLINK technology for 24/7 online monitoring.
Atlas Copco blowers have been tried and tested in Indian ambient conditions and we have a successful track record of over 10 years. Energy accounts for a significant portion of a blower’s lifecycle cost. Atlas Copco’s best-in-class screw blowers provides complete solution for maximum energy efficiency and saves upto 40% than root blowers. Harikrishana states, ”It’s been over a year since we’ve installed Atlas Copco screw blowers and we saved a lot of energy in the process.”
Summing up
Gaurav Saini, Atlas Copco’s Territory Manager concludes, “Screw blowers are the backbone of any ETP plant. Atlas Copco has a state-of-the-art screw blower which is used the aeration process. Yes it has very high energy efficiency but energy efficiency stands for nothing if the equipment is not reliable or sustainable. This product covers all bases. That is what makes Atlas Copco blowers a class apart.”
