INDUSTRIAL VISIT

An industrial visit to Multitex Filtration Engineers Ltd., Greater Noida was organized by ISTE Student Chapter for the students of Mechanical Engineering Department, Dronacharya Group of Institutions, on 9th September 2016. 27 students along with Prof. T Bothichandar, Department of Mechanical Engineering visited the Industry.

Capt A.K.Tiwari (Retd), Senior General Manager & Mr. Manjeet Singh, Senior Manager in Quality. Multitex Filtration Engineers Ltd, Greater Noida welcomed the students and briefed them about Multitex Filtration.

Capt. Tiwari said that Multitex Filtration Engineers Ltd, Greater Noida started with a small capital and with dedicated team of Engineers. Initially it provided Design, Engineering & Manufacturing services to the Filtration & Separation Industry. Presently, Multitex provides its customers complete package including Mechanical, Instrumentation, Control & Electrical.

Mr. Manjeet Singh & Mr. Deepak Kumar, explained the concept of

1. Filtration & Separation.

2. Gas Liquid Separation

3. Dry Gas Filter

to the students with suitable practical examples. They further added that most users of Fuel Gas require Gas i.e. free of liquids and solids. For satisfactory operation of Gas Turbine, manufacturers call for specifications as under:

1. Clean Gas free of liquid and solids

2. Gas sampling & composition analysis.

3. Performance Heater for improved efficiency of Gas Turbine

4. Superheat minimum of 20° C above Gas dew point.

5. Gas metering for custody transfer or validation between Gas supplier, Gas buyer and Gas consumer.

Mr. Kumar explained the process of permanent cleanliness of inner surface of Heat Exchanger and Condenser Tube. He said that Sponge Rubber Balls with diameter slightly larger than the diameter of tube to be cleaned is passed through the tubes. Based on this process, complete system is named as Condenser on Load Tube Cleaning System.

Students took keen interest in acquiring the knowledge about the process, equipment, Gas Turbine, filtration and separation. The theoretical concepts of the students were turned into practical know - how after visiting the plant.