| The drastic price rise of fuel and the environmentalists
demand on maintaining cleaner environment are forcing the
small scale industries to close their units as they are
becoming unable to compromise with both the fuel cost and
the high installation and maintenance cost of the pollution
control equipment. They are looking for alternatives which
would be based on cleaner technology. To meet their
demand, a model oil fired ceramic fibre-lined shuttle kiln
has been constructed and installed at Santiniketan, Bolepur.
Its efficiency has been compared with conventional brickmade
kiln fired by oil, gas and coal. The outcome is detailed
in this paper, which would help the small scale industries to
take their future action plan. |
