VERTICAL SHAFT BRICK KLIN TECHNOLOGY			VSBK - 2  KANKIA (Orissa)
	Energy efficient	Environmentally sound	Economically viable

Technical Operating Information Brick size : 235 x 112 x 70 mm Typical soil : Sandy Green brick production : Typical clay mix per 1000 bricks Rice husk : 40 kg Clay : Balance Moulding : Manual with steel lined wooden moulds Weight of green brick : Around 3.18 kg Drying : Natural air and sun drying Storage : Open =>Temporary walls with polythene cover External fuel : 'F' grade coal (Talcher)                         @ 150 kg per 1000 bricks Manpower required on klin : 1 Firemaster and 3 firemen per shift+4 women workers for lifting green brick in day shift Typical energy consumption :  0.83-0.85 MJ/kg of fired brick Energy saving :  ~30% compared to BTKs ~60% compared to local clamps Typical environmental performance :   Pollutant Workplace environment Stack emissions SPM 329 µg/m3 77.5 µg/m3 (limit:1000) SO2 209 µg/m3(limit:5000) 86.5 µg/m3 NOx 37 µg/m3 (limit:6000) 1.33 µg/m3 VSBK - 2 after modification (1998)

Salient Features of the klin   Number of shafts : 2 Shaft cross section : 1mx1.75m Shaft height : 9 batches Number of chimneys : 2 per shaft Internal chimneys cross section : 170mmx410mm Chimney height : 4.5 m above the shaft top Roof : Mangalore tiles => GI sheet =>Filler slab Minitor gap : 700mm Fluegas inlet rows : 2 + 1 Unloading mechanism : Single screw system Shaft cover : Single part hinged lid Green bricks lifting : Manually through natural ramp Rated Output 6500 bricks per day @ 10 batches unloading during 24 hour operation Period of Construction About 40 days during April - May 1997 Cost of Construction (Including unloading device) Rs. 2,38,000

Project imlementation, Co-ordinating and environmental monitoring: Development Alternatives Energy Team: Tata Energy Research Institute Project backstopping: and , Switzerland Technology consultants: Energy Research Institute, Henan Academy of Sciences PR china Klin construction and operation Gram Vikas Mohuda Village, Berhampur Ganjam, Orissa - 760002 Tel. : (0680) 209755

Modification Done Date Roof changed from Mangalore tiles to G.I. sheet July 1997 Roof changed from G.I. sheet to filler slab RCC May - June 1998 Dry brick storage arrangement construction May 1998

ENERGY EFFICIENCY  AND RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES PROJECT

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