OPERATING COST ANALYSIS

Sr. No. Description Unit of Furnace Oil fired LSHS fired boiler HSD fired Boiler Natural Gas Fired LPG Briquette fired
measurement Boiler
1 Average Steam Load kg/hr 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000
2 Enthalphy of steam at 10.5 kg/cm2 Kcal/kg 663 663 663 663 663 663
3 Average feed water temperature deg.C. 60 60 60 60 60 60
3 Fuel - FO LSHS HSD NG LPG Briquettes
4 Fuel Calorific Value kcal/kg 10100 10400 10800 12500 11920 3600
5 Operating Efficiency % 85 85 85 85 85 80
6 Fuel Consumption kg/hr 232 225 217 187 196 691
7 Fuel Cost Rs/kg 57 61 132 65 107 9
A Cost of Fuel per Hour Rs. 13206 13725 28599 12168 21004 6077
Average Annual working hours considered Hrs 3600 3600 3600 3600 3600 3600
Anuual Fuel cost Rs. In Lacs 475 494 1030 438 756 219
B Ash Generated kg/hr 0 0 0 0 0 69
Ash Disposal Rs. /kg 3 3 3 3 3 3
Annual cost of ash disposal Rs. In Lacs 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.2
C Power Consumption kw/hr 20 20 20 20 20 20
Cost of power considered Rs/kw 6 6 6 6 6 6
Annual power consumption cost Rs in lacs 4 4 4 4 4 4
D IBR Operator required No. 3 3 3 3 3 3
Cost of IBR Operator Rs/hr 140 140 140 140 140 140
Annual cost of IBR operator Rs. In Lacs 15.1 15.1 15.1 15.1 15.1 15.1
E Labourers for Fuel handling & other work No. 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cost of labourers rs/hr 51 51 51 51 51 51
Annual cost of labourers Rs. In Lacs 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8
F Cost of spares and Maintenance per annum Rs. In Lacs 8 8 8 8 8 15
Total Operational Cost per Annum Rs (Lacs)/annum 504 523 1058 467 785 261
Steam Cost In each case Rs/kg 4.67 4.84 9.80 4.32 7.27 2.42