Gangakhed Sugar & Energy Limited

 Gangakhed Sugar & Energy Limited, founded on September 28, 2007, is one of the greatest sugar makers public firms formed in Parbhani, Maharastra, India. They have a variety of skills that allow them to advance and differentiate themselves from competition. Excellent customer relationships, a solid infrastructure, two roller mill technology, and a diverse product line are among these abilities.

The mission of the organisation is to effectively manage the plants using BAST (best available systems and technology), create items of the highest caliber, establish benchmarks, and consistently deliver excellence.

The organisation has three directors and two signatories. Gangakhed Sugar & Energy Limited India's Chief Financial Officer (KMP) is Dattatray Ravan Gaikwad, and the CEO (KMP) is Rajendra Daulatrao Dongare. Currently working together as directors are Kalpana Bhagwat Gutte, Ratnakar Gutte, and Vishnu Ambaji Mundhe.

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Mr. Ratnakar Manikrao Gutte, Promoter of Gangakhed Sugar & Energy Ltd., has brought 31 years of experience in the power industry to the organisation. Under his leadership, the company soon accomplished several previously unachievable feats and became well-known as one of Maharashtra’s leading manufacturers of sugar, power, and distillery products.

Ratnakar Manikrao Gutte, a man of goal, aim, and planning, developed the Company as a household name in sugar and power plant implementation in a very short period of time. He is a first-generation company owner with a wealth of practical knowledge in engineering, the challenges of civil construction, installing machinery, finance, banking, taxation, general management, and business concerns.

PRODUCT PROFILE

Sugar

Sugar is one of the main products manufactured by the company. The juice that is extracted from the crushed cane is evaporated to create sugar. This is a common sweetener used in both food and beverages. In India sugar is mostly packed and sold loose.

Molasses

When sugar cane is refined to produce sugar crystals, molasses, a delicious byproduct, is extracted. The sugar crystals are separated from the liquid by machines using centrifugal force. The leftover syrup transforms into molasses.

Bagasse

Bagasse is a by-product that may be utilized in two profitable ways: to make paper and to create power. An environmentally beneficial alternative to the traditional method of obtaining pulp from trees is to make paper from bagasse. Bagasse makes around 30% of the entire amount of sugar produced. Thus, 1,800 tones of bagasse are produced per day at a 6,000 TCD facility.

Alcohol

Molasses, a byproduct of sugar production, is distilled to produce ethanol, rectified spirit, extra neutral alcohol, denatured spirit, and other chemicals needed in the chemical industry., pharmaceutical, and alcohol industries. Another useful alternative fuel is ethanol.

Energy

Bagasse is used to generate power because it has a high heat factor, replacing the traditional thermal option and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, boilers powered by bagasse provide the energy needed by sugar mills.

Renewal Energy Policy

To function, every sector of the economy, including agriculture, industry, transportation, commercial, and residential use, requires energy inputs.

Since independence, India has adopted economic growth plans that have necessitated the use of growing amounts of energy. As a result, energy consumption in all forms has been continuously rising throughout the whole nation. The nation’s dependence on fossil fuels including coal, oil, and gas has increased as a result of the rising energy demand. Concerns about preserving the energy supply to support our economic growth are sparked by rising oil and gas costs and probable shortages in the near future. Fossil fuel consumption is increasing, and this has an impact on the environment locally and worldwide.

Due to the increasing demand, scarcity, and high expense of fossil fuels, as well as government initiatives, finding sources of renewable energy has become a need of the twenty-first century. that promote the use of biofuels. Although renewable energy now makes up just 3% of the whole power industry, this percentage is expected to rise quickly in the next years, necessitating the adoption of the RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY.

Technological upgradation

Gangakhed has made investments in cutting-edge technologies to fully automate the factory. Additional automation has also reduced the need for human intervention while producing goods of high quality. Benefits of this newer technology for the company include:

a. Consumption of steam (per tonne of cane)

In comparison to the industry average of 45%, the company uses around 39% less steam per tonne of cane. There are ongoing efforts to boost electricity savings and lower it to 36%. A bigger surplus for the company to export occurs from every 1% saved.

b. The moisture level

When the cane is crushed in Gangakhed, it has a moisture content of 48% as opposed to the 50–53% industry standard. Further efforts are being made to lower the moisture content, which will increase the boilers’ effectiveness.

c. Quality assessment

The Gangakhed sugar factory is equipped to produce sugar with an ICCUMSA Color value of up to 50.

d. Captive power use of less than 9%

The Company is switching from a traditional technique to the most recent one for crushing sugarcane. In addition to improving sugar recovery and lowering bagasse moisture content, this lowers operational costs.

e. Cogeneration

Reduced captive power usage suggests that the company has more co-gen electricity available for export.

f. drives with variable frequency

In order to minimize power usage, the company offered conducting variable frequency drive motors.

g. planetary gears

High-efficiency planetary gears are used in the plant’s speed reduction gearboxes. Utilizing both planetary gears and VFDs, sugar factories’ power consumption is decreased to 22 kW/ton of cane, compared to other plants’ typical consumption of 26 kW and higher.

h. The company constructed a decanter system for the first time in our nation in order to separate muddy juice. This fully eliminates the need for bagacillo in the sugar-making process, saving 0.8% of bagasse, which is then productively used in cogeneration plants to generate additional money. Additionally, the method reduces press mud loss by 0.5% pol. When employing the most recent decanter system, pol loss in press mud is reduced to 0.04% on cane and the quantity of press mud is decreased from 4% on cane to 1.7% on cane. Pol loss in press mud using a conventional vacuum filter is 0.06-0.08% on cane.

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i. Plant for the treatment of sugar effluent (ETP)

A well-equipped ETP is included in the plant, which successfully processes sugar effluent and discharges water with less than 30 BOD and 100 COD.