Energy From Blowers In Spinning Mills
International Consultancy & Management Services (ICMS) has introduced small wind turbines to generate energy from blowers in spinning mills. The company imports permanent magnetic generator from US and outsources rest of the spares and products from India for assembling the wind turbines at its unit in Pune. ICMS director (power) RS Ravi said the strong air coming from blowers in 95% of spinning and textile mills in Tamil Nadu are getting eliminated without any use. “Exploring this situation, ICMS — Power has developed a new idea. When blowers run, the wind produced will run the wind turbine or the aero generator installed straight in front of the blowers.This in turn produces electricity, which can be used to power the blowers ,” he said. If the blowers are run continuously, it is possible to generate energy round the clock and the mills can work all the three shifts. On a pilot basis, it has installed a 4200-watt machine at a mill in Dindigul. “The machine costing Rs 7.50 lakh generates 35 to 40 watts everyday with which 90 tubelights are lighted up in the mill,” Mr Ravi added.
Considering the current power crisis, he said wind energy will be very useful for mills. Unlike traditional windmills that generate electricity only during windy seasons, these smaller turbines will produce energy whenever the blowers are in operation. Last year, the company had come out with domestic wind turbines, which can be fitted on rooftops. “The demand has been good and we have so far installed 35 domestic wind turbines,” Mr Ravi said.
