Monthly Progress Report (36) August 2022

Major Activities of the Month

During the month of August, the PI consultant team actively conducted work as summarized below.

1. Energy audit

1.1 Energy audit at a Private Paper Mill Company

The PI consultants conducted an energy audit at a private paper mill factory from August 21 to 22, 2022. The audit team members are Mr. Jaman and Mr. Zakir along with two SREDA personnel: the project director and the assistant project director. Both utilities, gas generators and boilers, and paper machines were audited. 

Some of the observations are as follows:
1) Waste heat recovery is not installed with generators.
2) Condensed recovery system is installed with the boilers.
3) Economizer is installed with all boilers except for one.
4) Steam valves are insulated.
5) Some steam leakage was observed.
6) Power factor is 0.96.

Some of the pictorial views of the audit are as follows:

Fig 1 Boilers
Fig 2 Steam main header
Fig 3 Production line
Fig 4 Generator control panel
Fig 5 Audit team members
Fig 6 Audit data logger

1.2 Building Energy audit at the Women Affairs Office, a Government Office

The PI consultants conducted an energy audit at Department of Women Affairs Office from August 31 to September 1, 2022. The audit team members are Mr. Jaman and Mr. Zakir along with two SREDA personnel: the project director and the assistant project director. This is a building energy audit, and its scope of this audit is to identify the energy use index (EUI) – kWh/m2/year. 

Some of the observations are as follows:
1) Air conditioners are split type and non-inverter type. 
2) No solar power generation system.
3) Single layer glass is used.
4) Almost all of the lights are LED.
5) Power factor is 0.98.

Some of the pictorial views of the audit are as follows:

Fig 7 Audit data collection
Fig 8 Audit team
Fig 9 Elevator control room
Fig 10 Sub-station room

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