Bamboo cost per ton (procurement) 3000.00 Rs.

/Ton

Per day coal consumption (avg.) 240.00 MT/day

MT/day (Considering 4000 Kcal/kg fuel,

10% AFR use in place of coal mix 38.40
2500 Kcal/kg, GCV)
Rs. (Considering cost Rs. 6500/ton fuel
Price of Boiler fuel replaced by AFR/month 4680000.00
& 10% use)

Bamboo cost per month 3456000.00 Rs.

Bamboo chipper cost of operating per month 299520.00 Rs.

Handling cost per month 230400.00 Rs.

Labour cost per month 64800.00 Rs.
Operator cost per month 36000.00 Rs.
Maintenance cost per month 20550.00 Rs.

Total savings per month 572730.00 Rs.

Cost of machine procurement 3500000.00 Rs.

Pay back period 6.11 Month

Note: The cells marked yellow may be changed for different case study/scenarios
Bamboo chipper power reqd. per hr. 130.00 KW

Bamboo chipper cost of operating per hr. 910.00 Rs. (Considering per unit cost of
power Rs. 7.00)
Bamboo chipper operating hrs. per day 10.97 Hrs. (Considering 5 TPH cap. and
30% recirculation)
Bamboo chipper power cost of operating per day 9984.00 Rs. (Considering 5 TPH cap. and
30% recirculation)
Handling cost per day 7680.00
Rs. (Considering Rs. 200/Ton cost)
Labour cost per day 2160.00 Rs. (Considering 6 CL, 8 manhour
each, Rs. 45 per hour)
CL 6.00 Nos.
Manhour 8.00 Man hour/person
Rate of CL manhour 45.00 Rs./hr.
Maintenance cost per day 685.00 Rs.

Operator cost per day 1200.00 Rs. (Considering 2 Operator, 8

manhour each, Rs. 75 per hour)
Operator 2.00 Nos.
Manhour 8.00 Man hour/person
Rate of CL manhour 75.00 Rs./hr.
Mix coal cost per ton 6500.00 Rs./Ton
GCV of coal 4000.00 Kcal/kg
GCV of Bamboo 2500.00 Kcal/kg
Per unit cost of power 7.00 Rs./KWH