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Industry Sectors

Below is an overview of some of the typical sectors and the measures which can achieve energy savings. This is an indication of the type of savings available to you.

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Industry Sector

General Energy Efficiency Measures

Electricity Saving Measures

Heat Energy Saving Measures

Machinery

  • Energy management systems.

  • On site co-generation of heat and electricity.

  • Energy efficient lighting systems.

  • Variable speed control of motor fans and pumps.

  • High efficiency motors.

  • Peak load management/shaving.

  • Energy efficient compressed air systems.

  • Energy efficient handling and packing machines.

  • Improvements in boilers.

  • Improvements in heat and steam generating and distribution systems.

  • Optimisation of heating systems.

  • Utilisation of waste heat for low temperature heat requirements.

  • Use of renewable energy (solar, geothermal energy) for low temperature heat requirements.

  • Improved energy efficiency in buildings, HVAC.

Food

  • Energy management systems.

  • On site co-generation of heat and electricity.

  • Improvements in cooling equipment.

  • Energy efficient lighting systems.

  • Variable speed control of motor fans and pumps.

  • High efficiency motors.

  • Peak load management/shaving.

  • Energy efficient compressed air systems.

  • Improvement of boilers.

  • Replacement of industrial ovens.

  • Improvement of steam generating and distribution systems.

  • Utilisation of waste heat for cleaning processes.

  • Optimisation of heating systems.

  • Use of renewable energy (solar, geothermal energy) for low temperature heat requirements.

Lighting

  • Energy management systems.

  • Combined heat and power generation units (CHP) in situations of sufficient own demand of heat and power.

  • Variable speed control of motor fans and pumps.

 

  • Operation under optimum condition by adding temperature and humidity sensors.

  • Waste gas heat recovery.

  • Pipe heat insulation / shortening of pipe.

  • Constant load operation (accumulator).

Agriculture / Farming

  • Monitoring & Control: Computerised integrated Greenhouse Management Systems.

  • Heat exchanger storage systems.

  • New insulation techniques.

  • Small-scale de-centralised systems of combined heat and power generation.

  • Improvements in lighting equipment.

  • Integrated passive solar heating wood boilers, CHP with biomass Solar-Thermal systems.

Paper and Pulp

  • Air-tight, pressing, high concentration of process.

  • Variable speed control of motors.

  • Power generation from middle & low pressure surplus steam of mixed-pressure turbine, low-pressure condenser turbine etc.

  • Optimization of electricity consumption by power generating equipment and operation control of process machinery.

  • Temperature, pressure, material concentration control in each process.

  • Control of steam pressure.

  • Installation of automatic combustion control equipment.

  • Utilisation of waste as fuel.

Building Materials

  • Install a co-generation system for recovering heat from kiln pre heater and cooler exhaust.

  • Arresting air infiltration in spray drier system.

  • Reducing of idle operation of hydraulic press pump by installing suitable interlocks.

  • Optimisation of pressure setting of air compressors.

  • Replacement of aluminium blades with FRP blades in cooling tower fans.

  • Install dual speed motors / VSD for cooling tower fans.

  • Power generation using middle and low temperature waste heat.

  • High-efficiency clinker cooler.