Industrial Energy Conservation Techniques

Industrial Energy Conservation Has Assumed Remarkable Significance Ever Since The First Oil Crisis Struck The World. Industrial Energy Conservation Is A Dire Necessity Of The Day. Accordingly, It Is Increasingly Becoming A Crucial Part In The Design, Operation And Maintenance Of A Wide Range Of Products And Processes. A Need To Adopt An Integrated Interdisciplinary Approach Towards Energy Systems And Acquisition Of Conservation Skills And Knowledge Has Been Universally Accepted. The Present Book Is An Attempt To Provide A Basic Background To Energy Conservation Systems That Are Common To A Wide Variety Of Process Industries. It Is An Insightful Text For Technical Professionals And Students Pursuing Energy Systems. It Is Aimed At Creating An Opportunity For Working Engineers And Students Of Mechanical, Chemical And Electrical Engineering To Determine If Their Technologies And Organizations Have Relevant Application In The Energy Systems. The Lucidity And Simplicity Of The Book Is Such That Many Concepts Have Been Explained With The Help Of Case Studies To Have Practical Relevance To Different Types Of Industries. Each Unit Of The Book Is Copiously Illustrated And Contains Principles, Illustrations Applications And Case Studies Derived From Several Industrial Energy Audits. The Book Also Caters To The Needs Of The Non-Specialists Wanting To Know About Industrial Energy Conservation By Introducing The Concepts Of Thermal And Electrical Engineering At Appropriate Places With Suitable Applications. This Book Is An Ideal Companion To All Those Engineers Who Are Involved In The Design, Operation And Maintenance Of Industrial Utilities And All Those Budding Engineers Pursuing A Career Related To Energy Conservation.

Introduction to Industrial Energy Efficiency: Energy Auditing, Energy Management, and Policy Issues offers a systemic overview of all key-aspects involved in improving industrial energy efficiency in various industry sectors. It is organized in three parts, each dealing with a particular perspective needed to form a complete view of related issues. Sections focus on energy auditing and improved energy efficiency of companies from a predominantly technical perspective, shed light on energy management and factors that hinder or drive the adoption of energy efficiency practices in the manufacturing industry, and explore energy efficiency policy instruments and how they are designed, implemented and evaluated. Practicing engineers in the field of energy efficiency, engineering and energy researchers coming into the field, and graduate students will find this book to be an invaluable reference on the fundamental knowledge they need to get started in this area. Provides, in one volume, a comprehensive overview of energy systems efficiency and management that is applied to various industrial processes Explores operational measures for improvement, including case studies from varying countries and sectors Discusses the barriers to, and driving forces for, improving energy efficiency in industrial settings, including technical, behavioral, organizational and policy aspects

This text fills the need for a comprehensive and thorough study of energy utilization and management. It details the most modern, proven techniques for heat recovery, and introduces second law efficiency for various energy system components. An exceptional feature of this work is the attention it gives to four major areas of difficulty for students: the text provides fundamentals as well as proven procedures for calculating boiler efficiency...principles required and actual examples of component sizing for various steam distribution systems...information for deciding on a particular heat transfer augmentation technique for a given heat exchanger...and a thorough review of electrical system energy management, including proven methods of electrical energy conservation and cost savings.

Energy Conservation in the Process Industries provides insight into ways of identifying more important energy efficiency improvements. This book demonstrates how the principles can be employed to practical advantage. Organized into 12 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the energy situation and a background in thermodynamics. This text then describes a staged method to improved energy use to understand where the energy goes and how to calculate the value of losses. Other chapters consider improving facilities based on an understanding of the overall site energy system. This book discusses as well the fundamental process and equipment improvements. The final chapter deals with systematic and sophisticated design methods as well as provides some guidelines and checklists for energy conservation items. This book is a valuable resource for mechanical, lead process, and plant engineers involved in energy conservation. Process designers, plant managers, process researchers, and accountants will also find this book extremely useful.