Ramco Cements in a filing to BSE has informed in line with the company’s commitment of protecting the environment, it had decided to install Waste Heat Recovery Power Generating Systems in its cement plants. The waste heat recovery plants would recover the waste heat from the kiln exhaust gases and cooler vent air and the saved energy would be converted into electrical energy, by way of installation of waste heat recovery boilers and turbines. The recaptured electrical energy would again be used in the manufacturing process.
The capturing and reutilisation of the waste heat reduces the power cost of the plant. Due to the reduction in CO2 emission, lesser carbon foot print is achieved. The installation of waste heat recovery system is also helping the company towards its steps for self-reliance in power. This would insulate the company from future energy crisis and variations in the cost of the purchased power.
The Company is pleased to announce that as a first step towards this direction, the Company’s Jayanthipuram cement plant has commissioned its 9 MW waste heat recovery power generating plant in September 2020. The Jayanthipuram plant is in the process of installing two more 9 MW waste heat recovery power generating plants which would be commissioned in the months to come.
The Company is in the process of establishing a new cement plant at Kolumigundla, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh with a clinkerisation capacity of 2.25 million tonnes per annum and cement manufacturing capacity of 1 million tonnes per annum. This project will also have a waste heat recovery system of 12.15 MW capacity.
On commissioning of these waste heat recovery systems, the Company’s aggregate capacity of waste heat recovery plants would be 39.15 MW.
