Digital Safety and Environment

Video Analytic Solutions for process safety
Objective:
To ensure process/industrial safety measurements

• Social Distance
• Mask Detection
• PPE Detection
• No Man Area Zones
• Hand Rail Holding Detection
• Fire Detection

Feature & Benefits:

1. Ensure Safety compliance at all levels inside the plant
2. Social distancing, Mask detection etc through video analytics improves containment & prevention of epidemic spread like COVID
3. Critical safety hazards are eliminated at process industry floors through PPE Detection, No man area zone & Hand rail holding detection
4. Fire Detection solutions contribute a major factor in zero harm for all personnel & property

Explosive Detection System
Objective:
Detect explosives mixed with scrap on the conveyor to the shredder and alarm accordingly to ensure safety
Feature & Benefits:

1. Automatic detection of explosives in material yards/scrap yards that could be hazardous
2. Added safety with enhanced vision over a bulk of materials
3. Zero Human intervention required thus reducing personnel harm

Hook Vision
Objective:
Provide real-time visualization of crane hook engagement with ladle trunnion without any intervention from the crane operator
Feature & Benefits:

1. Ban human signaling near the vicinity of hot metal
2. Multi-streamed latency-free auto-switched video transmission in both cranes & ground (like Dish TV Communication)
3. Minimum electronics & maintenance on crane side
4. Easy to use & hassle-free software design
5. Change in inherent work culture
6. Implemented in all steel melting shops of TSJ, TSK & TSM

Remote Machines
1) RRC in Locomotives of Hot Metal Logistics
Objective: To improve safety standards and productivity in the Movement of Hot Metal Torpedoes
Features & Benefits:

1. 24x7 seamless RRC Control for critical assets
2. Increase in productivity by reduction of Time of travel and increased availability of Locos

2) Video Wall in Bof Converter Handling
Objective: To ensure safety at BOF Control Room by using video wall instead of glass wall
Features & Benefits:

1. 24x7 latency-free real-time video streaming for critical application
2. Prevention of loss of life inside the control room during the worst case of BOF Converter’s explosion

3) Manless Cranes in Scrap Management.
Objective: To eliminate Human-machine interface in the operation of cranes inside Steel Melting shop
Features & Benefits:

1. Safe, ergonomic and productive operation of cranes
2. Easy to operate & enables maneuverability of critical crane operator resources inside steel melting shops

Remote Sprinkler for Stock Yards
Objective: To eliminate human presence for operating sprinklers in stockyards
Issues & Concerns:

1. It is unsafe to use raw material storage yard to operate sprinklers
2. Waste of manpower resources for a simple job
3. Sprinklers working is necessary for environmental hygiene

Benefits:

1. Remote operation of sprinklers (No line of sight required)
2. Enhanced safety and productivity
3. Compliance with statutory environmental rules and regulations

Plume Dispersion System
Objective: Estimation and visualization of pollutants deposition (PM, SOx, NOx) in real time to demonstrate the environmental impact
Solution:
Developed a real-time process model using Gaussian distribution methodology for estimation of plume dispersion and deposition
Benefits:

1. Results are displayed on an HMI screen which is overlaid with Google map
2. Displays the deposition profile of each stack for the last 24 hours
3. Early intervention in case of emergency