Electrical & Civil Maintenance
Infrastructure activity during the year 2013-2019
- Major expansion of buildings at Balapur campus involving addition of space to existing Centre for Carbon Materials, Centre for Nano-materials, Technical Information Centre and New Entrance Gate Complex. 80% area is for seating & conference rooms and rest 20% is for scientific labs. The built up area is 2632 sq. m. Some of the key features include usage of latest materials & design techniques for lightweight structures and contemporary look, and application of green building concepts.
- Established 268 sqmts area dust reduced room (room with control of particulate contamination class 100000 (ISO 8)) at Ceramic lab & CLPM lab
- Civil infrastructure was constructed at various Centres of Excellence as per projects to meet changing end-user programs requirements
- Total area of 8000 sq. meter infrastructure was developed from 2013-2019
- Eleven new buildings constructions was completed during the period
- Rebuilt internal structure of canteen building and modernized the electrical & civil amenities.
- Director’s chamber and adjoining directorate office has been refurbished for better space utilization with an aesthetics look.
- Total area of 29000 sq.mts of building area are maintained
- Maintaining 554 tons different kinds of Air Conditions systems.
- The group is working on setting up a 500Kwp Roof Top Solar Power Plant on the roof of Nano Centre, Sol-Gel and CEC buildings. Installation of 100kw poly crystalline-based solar module on the Sol-Gel building roof top is completed and Power generation is in progress.
- Zero based sensor units were installed in all the existing AC units to operate at minimum temperature of 240C as per Govt. of India GO.
- Power quality studies is carried out for all the equipment - Viz, CVD, PVD, Furnaces, and Vacuum Furnace.
- Established Electro Luminance test facility for Quality test control of the Solar module. The modules are tested before installation. This test eliminate the manufacturing, transport & handling damages at cell level before placing the modules on the structure for power generation.
- M/s Dustur & company was appointed as prime consultant for modernization of electrical substation both control & protection
- Air Condition test Jig/ Rig to measure the power consumption of individual AC unit to assess the performance of AC unit.
Infrastructure
Operation and Maintenance Activities
Provide uninterrupted power and water supplies for operation of the following critical equipment:
- HIP,CIP
- CVD
- PD
- GAS AUTOMIZATION
- HOT Isostatic Press. *
- High Temp. furnace CVD*
Following are ARCI’s utility units consumed during financial year 2018-19
- 1. Power from electricity board: 2048.7 MVAH
- 2. Diesel engine generated uninterrupted power: 56.805 MWH
- 3. HSD oil consumed for power generation: 26.173kltrs
- 4. Portable water: 52856 Kilo Liters
