The project activity encompasses three project sites of following details: - Project Site I: Rishra Unit- located at Hooghly district of West Bengal. Project Site II: Bahadurgarh Unit-located in Bahadurgarh, Jhajjhar district of Haryana Project Site III: Pondicherry Unit - is located in the Union Territory of Pondicherry.
The primary objective of the project activity is to adopt glass melting furnaces of superior technology with high fuel efficiency and replicate the features of the superior technology in the existing furnaces of the Group.
In absence of the CDM project activity, the conventional furnaces of low fuel efficiency would have been operated and that would have led to increased emissions of GhGs, primarily carbon dioxide due to combustion of excessive fuel. Furnace oil/ Heavy Petroleum Stock/ Natural Gas are the fuels used in glass melting furnaces.The primary objective of the project activity is to adopt glass melting furnaces of superior technology with high fuel efficiency and replicate the features of the superior technology in the existing furnaces of the Group.
In absence of the CDM project activity, the conventional furnaces of low fuel efficiency would have been operated and that would have led to increased emissions of GhGs, primarily carbon dioxide due to combustion of excessive fuel. Furnace oil/ Heavy Petroleum Stock/ Natural Gas are the fuels used in glass melting furnaces. All the three furnaces included under the project boundary have been fully operational since 01/01/2004. The fuel (FO/RLNG) consumed against molten glass produced is measured by installed mass meters on the dedicated fuel pipelines.
The daily fuel consumption data of the respective furnaces is archived in daily production log sheets and periodically audited under unit specific QMS internal and third party audits. The installed meters at the pipeline are calibrated as per unit specific calibration schedule. The data is cross verified against the fuel receipt plus opening balance minus closing balance. The electricity consumed for boosting at the furnaces is measured by installed electricity meters on the dedicated kVA lines.
