The requirement
of water for the unit is met by pumping water from Thungabhadra
River which is flowing at a distance of about 4 Km from the
factory. With this we have been able to meet our entire water
requirement throughout the year. We have got the necessary sanction
from the Govt. to lift water for industrial use.
At
the River bed we have installed one 250 HP,100HP, one 70HP, and two
40 HP pumps for pumping water to storage tank which is installed on a
Hillock from where it comes by gravity to the factory. The storage
capacity of the feeding tank is about 3 lakhs liters.
We
have got a water treatment plant wherein the raw water received
from the river is treated and converted to filter water, Soft
water and Demineralised water which will go for different usages.
The water of Thungabhadra River is known for its portability
and taste.
For
Treatment of Distillery effluent we have got one primary effluent
treatment plant of SGN Technology supplied by M/S. Shakthi Sugars,
Coimbatore which will reduce the BOD by 90% and COD by 70% the
biogas thus generated is used in our boiler as a fuel. The primary
treated effluent is further treated in the secondary ETP supplied
by M/S. Grindwel Norton to bring down the characteristics of
the effluent to the stipulated standards of the pollution control
Board by forcing diffused air into the system.
We have also
commissioned Effluent Treatment Plant (Digestor) supplied by
M/s Reva Enviro, Nagpur. The capacity of spent wash feed is around
800 m3/day. The gas is generated in the process of treatment is
about 1100 m3/hr which is used as a fuel in the boiler.
Finally
the treated effluent is used for irrigation purpose on our own
land. For this purpose we have got about 500 acres of land.
The pollution board has approved our treatment schemes.
The
process steam what we are using now is the exhaust steam taken
from a back pressure power turbine. The power generated thus is
used for our process. In short we can say that we are self
sufficient in respect of all infrastructures and utilities.
We have
setup a Co-gen plant with a 2 MW Turbine & a 18 TPH High pressure
Boiler with this the whole distillery is self-sufficient from the
electrical power supply point of view. The excess power of around 1 MW
is being exported to the nearby grid of KPTCL.
We have
commissioned a 55 KLPD Ethanol plant. The technology is supplied by
M/s ICM INC, USA and the plant is given by M/s Disti Chemi Metal Works,
Bilimora. It's a modern technology of using molecular seives to
separate water from ethyl alcohol.
We have
also commissioned 60 KLPD capacity grain spirit plant, to be produced
out of various grains (Grain plant) such as Jawar, Bajra, Rice, Maize etc.,
The plant is supplied by M/s Disti Chemi Metal Works, Bilimora which is
working satisfactorily.
We have
a bottling unit at the distillery site having a covered area
of about 50000sq.ft. comprising of bottle washing section, bottling
hall, blending section, packing material godown and finished
goods godown. The bottling hall can easily accommodate six lines.
