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HPS Quick Facts History and Mission of HPS Organizational Structure of HPS Husk Power Technology The Daily Life of a Plant HPS Business Processes Revenue and Costs The management of HPS plants a. Training Process b. Installation Process c. Accounting Process d. Operational Metrics HPS and its Partners
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History and Mission of Husk Power Systems ............................................................................................................. 2 The Husk Power Plant Ecosystem ............................................................................................................................. 2 Organizational Structure of HPS ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Basics of HPS Technology .................................................................................................................................................. 4 The Daily Life of a Plant...................................................................................................................................................... 5 Operational Metrics ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Legal Department Accounts Department] The tariff charged by the plant for electricity provides a significant savings to customers over the other options they have for electricity such as kerosene and diesel generators. By processing the rice husk char locally and marketing it outside, HPS wants to ensure that the village is paid back twice in monetary terms of the amount of money it pays for electricity.
Husk Power plants are grouped together based on geographic proximity to form a Cluster. Typically, the logistics for a cluster of 5 plants are managed together to optimize resources. Each Cluster has a Cluster Manager to manage the logistics for the plants such as husk procurement, rent collection, stopping electricity theft and maintaining the spare parts inventory. Each Cluster also has its own Mechanic to troubleshoot and fix the technical problems as needed. A group of 25 to 30 plants come under a single Regional Manager, who is assigned responsibility for the profit and loss for the entire Region. The Cluster Managers work under the direction of the Regional Manager and maintain the profit margins in their respective Clusters. The HPS Head Office drives a number of activities to provide operational support to the regional heads and to develop new aspects of the HPS business. The different departments housed in the Head Office are: o o o o Operations - monitors the results of all the regional units and supplies centrally procured spare parts for the machinery Installations identifies new franchisee partners and develops new plants Recruitment, Training and Technical Aggregation recruits and trains new staff for the company, compiles technical data and develops technical manuals New Business Development develops new sources of revenue for the company
Electricity is generated when a converted diesel engine is powered by the producer gas. The diesel engine is hooked to an alternator that converts the rotary motion of the engine flywheel into Alternating Current (AC) electricity. HPS plants use a generator that generates 32kW of power. To give an idea, this means it can power 1000 bulbs, each of 30W rating. Distribution System Power is supplied to a 2km radius around the plant in a 3-phase supply. Voltage is supplied at around 250V. There are fuses installed in the system to limit the use of power by a customer beyond the amount purchased by him. HPS is also installing pre-paid metering devices that will shut off connection to a group of consumers if their consumption exceeds the purchased amount. [Illustration of generator and distributor]
activities during the running of the plant. HPS sells electricity in units of power or Watts. As such, it is easy for a customer to plug in extra devices and exceed the amount of power for which they have paid. Theft is controlled by first warning the defaulter and then disconnecting his or her supply if it continues. Technical Faults and Troubleshooting Like any technical device, an HPS plant can have interruptions or breakdowns HPS has put in place an operational system to quickly react to a technical problem to keep downtime to a minimum The average downtime of an HPS plant is less than 5%, which translates to between 1 to 2 days a month. HPS provides its operators and mechanics a detailed troubleshooting chart to diagnose and fix problems. When a plant shows signs of trouble, a plant Operator is trained to first consult a troubleshooting chart to diagnose and fix the issue immediately. However, a problem that emanates from the internals of the machinery requires a mechanic to be fixed. Typically, 5 plants together have one mechanic available on call that rushes to the plant after attempting to contain the problem by talking to the operator on the phone. [show a flowchart of troubleshooting process]
OPERATIONAL METRICS
HPS monitors the health of its plants on a monthly basis. Some of the metrics that are used to evaluate the health of the plants are: Plant uptime to make sure the customer is served as per promise Husk usage to make sure the system is performing optimally Voltage and current readings to monitor the quality and stability of supply Maintenance cost per plant