Trident Group operates textile manufacturing campuses across India with a total land area of over 1750 acres. It has yarn, home textiles and paper manufacturing units. The company has proposed multiple energy conservation projects for 2013-2014 focused on reducing power, steam and water consumption across its operations. Key initiatives include improving heat recovery systems, installing variable frequency drives and more efficient pumps and motors. The total investment is estimated at 3.53 crores with projected annual savings of over 7 crores and a payback period of 6 months.

1. Trident Group.
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2. Trident – Geographies
Punjab, India – Dhaula Campus
600 Acres
Home Textiles, Energy and Paper Units
Takshashila (Center of Excellence)
Punjab, India – Sanghera Campus
350 Acres
Yarn Units, Ananda (Leadership Workshop
Center)
Madhya Pradesh, India – Budhni Campus
800 Acres
Yarn and Proposed Home Textiles Units
Corporate Office – Ludhiana, Punjab (India)
Sales Offices in NY (US), Delhi and Mumbai
(India)
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3. Diversification through Integration
Power & Steam
Power
Power Steam &
Sulphuric Acid
TRIDENT YARN ENERGY TRIDENT PAPER
3.94 Lakhs Spindles/ 50 MW per day 475 MTs per day
275 MTs per day
Power & Steam
Yarn
Sulphuric
Power
Acid
Terry Fabric Sulphuric Acid
BATHROBES TOWEL TRIDENT CHEM
275 MTs per day
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4. ENERGY CONSUMPTION DETAILS
CONSUMPTION UNIT OF
S.NO. ENERGY AMOUNT MEASUREMENT
1 ELECTRICITY 125,297,782 KWH
2 STEAM 6500 MT/DAY
3 GROUND WATER 3650000 M3/YEAR
4 RECYCLED WATER 1095000 M3/YEAR
5 CO2 EMISSION 199429 TON CO2 EQ

5. Projects for FY 2013-2014
S.No. Project Name UOM Baseline Target
1 Reduction in specific power consumption in pulp area KWH/MT 317 264
2 Reduction in specific steam consumption in pulp area MT/MT 2.68 2.41
3 To improve the condensate return from towel and paper % 66 74
4 Reduction in specific power consumption in Paper machine KWH/MT 344 335
5 Reduction in specific steam consumption in Paper machine MT/MT 2.11 2.07
6 Reduction in specific power consumption in towel manufactring KWH/MT 2.69 2.41
7 Reduction in specific Steam consumption in towel manufactring MT/MT 7.08 6.2
To increase the usage of Hot water consumtion( from 850 Kl/day
to 1000 Kl/day) and reduction in soft water consumption(102lt/kg
8 to 95 lt/kg) in Dye House by 31st July,2013 KL/day 850 1000
To reduce the power consumption in WFL from 293 Kw-h/MT to
9 264 Kw-h/MT by Septermber-13 KWH/MT 293 264
To reduce the soft water consumption(From 102lt/kg to 95 lt/kg)
10 in Dye House by 31st July,2013 LTR/kg 102 95

6. Initiatives Linked to energy conservation projects
ENERGY CONSERVATION PLANNER 2013-2014
Approx.Investment Estimated Savings*
S no Project Title Implementation Area ( in Lacs) UOM Saving Value
Reduction in Power consumption of Pm-1 drives by changing
PM I 225 KW / year 336384
1 the present open gear system with Silent drive system
Steam savings from Blow heat Recovery System, converting
PULP 320 MT / year 100
vent system from batch digesters to heat water.
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Reduction in steam Consumption by commissioning of closed
PM I 100 MT / year 8760
3 hood with heat recovery system
Reduction in steam Consumption by modification of PM-1
PM I 125 MT / year 9000
4 steam & condensate system
KW / year 566940
Rope less tail treading system to reduce tail treading time
5 PM-2 395 MT / year 2244
6 Replacement of poor MC pumps (3) with efficient MC pumps WFL 180 KW / year 378432
7 Blow Heat Recovery project WFL 334 MT / year 23800
8 MC PUMPS 9nos (VFD to be provide ) SFL 40 KW / year 578160
Installation of the additional finisher effect in Evap-2 for
MT / year 3432
increasing the production
9 Rec-2 500 KW / year 262500
10 Modification & up gradation of the RB-2 Rec-2 100 MT / year 1890
Improving the firing liquor concentration ( mix feed from evap-
1&2) , furnace stability & improving the asset condition ( Like
11 ESP internal & casing, Air & FG ducting, SBs) Rec-1 70 MT / year 23800
12 Installation of VFD on FD Fan of Boiler 2/3 Energy 2/3 40 KW/year 326400

7. Initiatives Linked to energy conservation projects
Energy Conservation planner (2013-2014)
Investment Estimated Savings*
S no Project Title
(Tentative in Lacs) UOM Saving Value
Replacement of Electrical heater by
1 3 KW / year 350000
Steam Radiator
Installation of main header of size 6" in
2 place of 4" to improve the water flow in 6 KW / year 72000
process house with lower pump running
Installation of new ss line of 10" for
3 Effluent transfer from shortest route to 14 KW / year 70000
reduce power consumption
Replacement/Modification of Sot water
4 line for Dye house for reduction in 1.5 KW / year 73000
energy of Pumping at pump house.
Installation of VFD 2 nos. for Blowers on
5 1.5 KW / year 87600
Stenter machine no 2.
6 Atomization of soft water transfer system 2 KW / year 36500
Introduction of LED technology for
lighting
7 1.53 KW / year 18250
Total 30 49.5145 707350

8. Summary of initiatives
No. of initiatives – 60
Total investment involved- 3.53 crores
Estimated savings- 7.32 crores
Payback Period- 6months

9. Management's perspective

10. ENERGY MANAGEMENT POLICY

11. Improvement
In
Grey Folding Process
by
Value Stream Mapping
through
Low Cost Automation
under
TPM pillar KK Kobetsu Kaizen
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