Solar Energy Powered Flour Mill (Atta Chakki) : The Clean Way to Make Flour / Atta

India has the world’s second-largest population & wheat is the most consumable staple of the country. In India, wheat is used in a variety of ways throughout the year, including wheat atta, porridge, and maida. As a result, you can imagine that the atta chakki existed in every small village or town in India.

Major Issues Faced By Atta Chakki

Atta Chakki is also the part of agro processing. As, in India, more than 90% of Indians consume chapaties daily, which is the product of wheat. This means that the flour mill is an extremely important segment of agro-processing. Aata chakki machinery is cheaper and needs less space to install. Along with the full-time business, many farmers in rural areas also do it as their side business.

But the problem is its energy consumption. The atta chakki motor is very energy-intensive, so the flour mill owner has to pay a higher electricity bill.

Atta chakki 100% depends on electric grid connectivity. Atta chakki is a business which is running only in between 9 am to 5 pm. In any case, if there is any problem with electric connectivity in this timeslot, like grid failure, distribution network failure, etc. then the business will face much loss. In that case, the owner will have to use an external power source like a diesel generator.

Now, the problem with a diesel generator is that the fuel is costly, it not only causes air pollution but also causes sound pollution. These are some major problems that face the atta chakki owner.

Solar Energy Can be the Solution for the Flour Mill to Get Regular Power even in a Power Outage

Atta chakki has 3HP, 5HP, 7.5HP, 10HP, 12.5HP, 15HP & 20HP motors.

Let’s assume here, this atta chakki has a 10Hp motor, then

Now How Much Power Required by this Atta Chakki

• If the system is running only in the daytime, the system required only a solar inverter compatible with 10KW to 15KW and solar panels of 10KW to 15KW.
• If atta chakki is running at night as well, the system needs battery backup. In that case, we need a battery of 20KW & solar panels of 20KW.

How does a person choose VFD

Always select the VFD of higher power than the total load of flour mill, So for 10HP motor person will need a 15HP VFD.

Energy Consumption Calculation

So, 10 HP= 15 KW/hour (If mill runs 8 hours every day)

Electricity Consumption Per Day

15 X 8 = 120 KW / Day

Electricity consumption in a month will be around 3600 kW.

The rate of commercial electricity is 7.75 per unit.

Then the monthly electricity bill is

3600 X 7.75 = 27900

This is a huge amount for any atta chakki business owners, which they pay every month. But if they fully adopt solar, they will be able to save monthly Rs. 27900 or Rs. 334800 annually, even without any electricity outage. With this much saving amount of money, the owners can enhance their business and lifestyle as well. They can expand their business with the help of money.

It’s just about one atta chakki, while every small town has at least 20 atta chakki businesses and cities have between 100 and 200. So we can imagine, how much power is consumed by just the atta chakkis of the city and if they adopt solar, a huge amount of energy will be saved and it will help to reduce the carbon emission as well.

Designing The Solar Solution For Flour Mill:

Solar energy-based flour mill mainly consists of 6 parts.

• Flour Mill
• Motor
• Solar panel
• Solar drive or VFD drive
• Solar panel stand
• Wiring

How Can We Help?

Hope this information about “Solar System For Flour Mill or Atta Chakki” helps you.

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