Customer: CiplaQCIL, Luzira, Kampala Uganda
Preparer: Orijtech Uganda Limited (Orijtech Energy), Kampala Uganda
Topic: How Orijtech Energy saved CiplaQCIL more than UGX 100M
CiplaQCIL * Orijtech Energy: data driven transformer cost savings
By using Orijtech Energy’s custom software dashboard coupled with our smart energy meters and data driven problem solving methodologies, CiplaQCIL’s manufacturing operations saved lots of money (more than UGX 100M) and removed the need for a new transformer!
With Orijtech’s systems, CiplaQCIL was able to get clear and objective visibility to realize that of their two main transformers, Transformer 1 was markedly under-loaded compared to Transformer 2 hence operating inefficiently. After following our surfaced insights using our software dashboards, CiplaQCIL’s electrical engineering team then shifted the loads and were able to avoid having to purchase a new transformer, saving the company more than UGX 100M for just the cost of a new transformer rated at 1250kVA and much more in downtime, maintenance plus product!
CiplaQCIL currently has 3 transformers at its factory/premises in Luzira, Kampala, Uganda!
The Orijtech team had visited CiplaCQIL on March 9th 2022 and met with Mr. Ajay, CiplaQCIL’s current CEO who presented to us his top level problems affecting operations and pain points that included electrical power instability, lack of observability/insights into spends and loads, reacting only to high loads when they were encountered but inadequate preparation. Our team then brainstormed and decided on a data driven approach using our custom hardware and software solutions!
CiplaQCIL’s main source of energy is through UMEME Uganda’s main national distributor. Two transformers feed the main power room, and one transformer feeds the warehouse.
From an outside viewpoint and energy bills, their utility provider UMEME advised them to install a new transformer; however unfortunately due to lack of data beyond the utility about the power demand, this would have been a naive and non-data driven decision that wouldn’t justify such a hefty investment!
In the period from 3rd September 2022 to 6th February 2023, Orijtech Energy’s systems collected and analyzed data from CiplaQCIL’s transformers, and the visualizations below are excerpted directly from Orijtech’s system dashboards.
The 2 transformers in question are Transformer 1 and Transformer 2 which are both located in the CiplaQCIL power room.
Initially Transformer 2 was supplying substantially more load than Transformer 1. This is illustrated in the screenshots below (November 2022) in which the power demand splits were: Transformer 1: 304kW, Transformer 2: 600kW