SASTech - Technical Journal of RUAS

Energy is consumed in a broad variety of ways across all sectors of life, from the provision of vital resources such as water, oil and gas, to the lighting and heating in homes and the power required by industry and commerce. Much of that energy is consumed usefully, but huge amounts are wasted every day. It is the waste or inefficient use of energy that must be addressed. The importance of energy conservation or reduction in consumption is not only a technique for cost reduction but also a mandatory responsibility of individual to protect the environment from Pollution and to avoid the depletion of natural resources.

This study presents an approach to reduce the energy consumption using SQC Technique. As a measure to compare and analysis the energy consumption trends, the Specific energy consumption was taken as basis. The main objective of this study is to reduce the specific energy consumption by 15% by using DMAIC approach. For Data collection, energy meters are connected at individual consumption end and then interface all meters to a computer through modbus communication. All the meters are configured to the computer to display the real trend of the selected Parameters like voltage, current, Power and Power factor etc. Through data collection, the major consumption area's has been identified and analysis has been done to identify the studies to reduce the consumption. After implementing the studies, the results are validated

The specific energy consumption has reduced from 0.64 Units/Piece to 0.57 Units/Piece after implementing the studies. As a result, the reduction in specific energy consumption was 10.9% against the target of 15%.This unveils the scope for further improvement and which may need further detailed study and analysis of the present condition.