Performance by Capitals

Intellectual Capitals

An organisation’s ability to enhance its knowledge base and innovate in its business goes a long way. In our industry in particular, intellectual capital plays a significant role. We always try to strengthen our knowledge-based capitals so that we can enhance the performance of our machineries and equipment.

We execute innovative ideas in our business operations to achieve high level of efficiencies. We encourage our employees to share ideas and execute them at the operational level. The following ideas were implemented at our various plants during FY2019. which has led to process improvements and reduction in the O&M costs.

1. JSW Energy Limited,
Vijayanagar and Ratnagiri

• ID Fan VFD operation with spacer shaft in place of hydraulic coupling resulting in auxiliary power saving
• Modification of ERM and CRM rapping time, Hopper heaters time and ESP field charging ratio resulting in auxiliary power saving
• CEP power consumption by balancing and full utilisation of VFD resulting in auxiliary power saving
• Ash handling system optimisation for auxiliary power saving
• Process re-engineering and optimising manpower contracts
• Defined comprehensive coal monitoring process and performing rigorous checks and balances at difference process levels to eliminate/reduce coal losses

2. JSW Energy (Barmer) Limited,
Barmer

• Process optimisation and capacity establishment of lime mill for auxiliary power saving

2. JSW Hydro Energy Limited,
Sholtu

• Upgradation of turbine nozzle and deflector position feedback system with high IP class inbuilt cable sensors at Baspa II HEP
• Digitisation of various plant data on a real-time basis for close monitoring
• Strengthening of surge shaft structure for arresting unwanted water leakage without depleting water conductor and without generation loss
• Reducing annual maintenance duration to increase plant availability and hence, greater recovery of annual fixed charges through tariff