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Bakery UK - production air with heat recovery
CompAir is on target to achieve annual energy savings in the region of £188,000. A payback on investment in less than two years is expected. CompAir installed fixed-speed L110s and regulated-speed compressor three months ago.
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Choosing the best techniques for waste heat recovery
The UK government has recognised through its ‘Industrial Decarbonisation and Energy Efficiency Roadmap to 2050’ that the cost for Energy Intensive Industries to prepare the feasibility study is substantial. The department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy is expected to launch.
Read Full articleHeat Recovery on the Road - Part1 - Sizing Up the Opportunity
Matt Gutschow, Co-Founder of HeatCalc, writes about an opportunity for heat recovery for trucks. This is a short introduction reflecting on the potential and the economics to make such a technical opportunity a viable business case.
Read Full Business PracticeHeat Recovery on the Road - Part 2 - Heat - What is it Good For
HeatCalc is exploring the sources and uses of heat on a vehicle. The 2nd part explores the potential and the economics to make such a technical opportunity a viable business case. Matt Gutschow, Co-Founder of HeatCalc,.
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The 4th Utility: Compressed Air
Compressed air is essential for the production process and any breakdown equates to lost of production. In Europe there are more than 300.000 compressed air systems installed. More than 60.000 in Germany alone consume more electricity than produced by a nuclear power.
Read Full article10 Facts about Cogeneration-CHP
In conventional power plants, heat is not recovered when generating power. In cogeneration plants the heat is put to effective use to provide comfort. Trigeneration means that the plants can also produce cooling. Cogeneration is the simultaneous.
Read Full Business Practice10 Facts about Heat Pumps
Heat pump technology is efficient and mature. Capacities range from 20kW to 100kW for residential applications and even higher capacities for commercial applications. Operating the unit when surplus electricity is available provides significant demand response capacity to the electric system.
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Young Innovative Companies series: ENOGIA - small scale ORC solutions
French company ENOGIA specialises on ORC for small scale power and low temperature field (80 degrees+) They have installed 40 applications across the globe in ares such as CSP, biogas units, biomass boilers, geothermal wells.
Read Full articleSalzgitter - Pumpen fuer Fernwaerme
Kurze Darstellung wie Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH eine Reduzierung des Stromverbrauchs um 53% bei der Distribution von Fernwaerme erzielt. Dies wurde durch den Einsatz neuer Pumpen mit einer bedarfsabhaengigen Pumpenregelung erreicht.
Read Full Business PracticeSalzgitter - pumps for district heating
Short description of how Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH saved 53% of energy costs in their district heating operations. This has been achieved by a replacement of pumps with a new demand based pump control system.
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