दक्षिण पश्चिम रेलवे/ SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY
प्रेस विज्ञप्ति/ Press Release No. 319 Dt: 21.12.2020
CENTRAL WORKSHOP MYSURU NOMINATED FOR NATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION AWARD
National Energy Conservation week is celebrated from 14 Dec to 21 Dec throughout the Country. As part of same, National Energy Conservation Awards are being announced every year to recognize the efforts of various industrial units/establishments/organizations that have shown exemplary performance in conservation of energy and effective utilization of available energy. This scheme has motivated industries and other establishment to adopt energy efficiency measures.
Central Workshop, Mysuru is one of the active participants to achieve the goal of National Energy Conservation – Bureau of Energy Efficiency and bagged the 4th place under the category of Industry, Railway Workshops. The following electrical energy conservation energy measures have been implemented at the Central Workshop Mysore.
1.Provision of 200Liters Per Day and 300 Liters Per Day solar water heater in the canteen and 200 Liters Per Day solar water heater in the Paint Shop.
2.Natural pipe lighting in Cartridge Taper roller bearings Section.
3.Energy Saver For Welding Plant.
4.Provision of Air Turbo Ventilators.
5.400 Kilovolt-Ampere Reactive Automatic Power Factor Control panel in substation.
6.Light transparent roofing sheets (20%) provided in sheds to use natural light.
7.30/5 Ton VVVF EOT crane in Carriage lifting shop.
8.15/3 Ton VVVF EOT crane in Bogie Repair shop.
9.10/3 Ton VVVF EOT crane in Bogie Repair shop.
10.Conversion of conventional fittings to LED fittings in office buildings & shop floors.
11.Replacement of non star rated ACs with the star rated ACs.
12.Replacement of conventional welding plant with the insulated-gate bipolar transistor based welding plants.
13.Provision of motion sensor for air circulator along with auto cutoff.
14.Replacement of Conventional Fans with brushless DC electric motor Fans.
Some of the various projects and measures taken to achieve thermal energy conservation in Central Workshop Mysore to reduce the carbon emission and save the environment are:-
1.Replacing of Forging Machine (used for degreasing of Protective tube) with Bosch tank.
2.Savings in HSD oil due to Use of Solar Roof Top 500kWP Plant during EB Shutdowns
3.Roller Bearing Cleaning Plant .(This plant is used for cleaning of roller bearing and axle box bolt in wheel shop using chemical instead of kerosene)
4.Manufacturing of Composite Brake Blocks is stopped and directly purchased from Market
Under leadership Shri Sanjay Agarwal, PCEE/SWR and constant monitoring of Shri O P Shaw, CWM/MYSS, Central Workshop Mysore was selected for National Energy Conservation award by Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, Govt. of India.
Shri Ajay Kumar Singh, GM/SWR, appreciated the work of the concerned officials and towards energy conservation and urged everyone to contribute towards energy conservation by starting simple practices of switching off lights and fans when not required as energy saved was energy generated.
Chief Public Relations Officer South Western Railway, Hubballi
