When Are Energy Audits a Waste of Money?
“Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.” Peter Drucker Curt Monhart was sitting across the desk from an organization’s facility manager discussing a…
Read Full articleCase Study: benefits of automated root cause analysis in production processes
A case study describing the benefits of using automated root cause analysis combined with advanced data retrievel techniques in the pharmaceutical industry. From generating strong signals out of small data sets up to the validation via DoE. Benefits range from process improvements and energy savings to reduced waste product.
Read Full Business PracticeIoT READY - Noise and Vibration System in waste heat recovery application
Just two pages describing a Noise and Vibration Guard system for an ORC waste heat recovery application of DeVeTec. It links to a recently published EEIP post on IoT is Today. We called it IoT READY as it shows the emerging remote control options in industrial processes.
Read Full Business PracticeShining a light on Tomatoes
Royal Pride Holland is using the J624 GS engines to power the greenhouse's new cogeneration plant. Some of the power generated is used for lighting for the tomatoes, but most is supplied to the public power grid. Because the waste heat from the engines can be used at very low temperatures, and the CO2 in its exhaust gas can also be used, the overall level of efficiency is 95 percent.
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In this announcement, Warwick Analytics briefly describes their next level software developments leading to automated predictive maintenance including scheduling of corrective maintenance. Whereas benefits of such tools like reduced downtime and a reduction of energy and waste is not new in general, Warwick Analytics also claims to solve implementation barriers like unstructured data or complex IT…
Read Full Business PracticeMultiphase Pumps_innovative energy efficient pump concept
This paper from EDUR describes the new concept of multiphase pumps: how it delivers energy savings, uses cases such as water and waste water treatment as well as financial results of two implementations including energy saved and amortisation time. For more information you can also contact EDUR directly at Hannover Messe, Hall 15 Booth G 43.011 (Pavilion of PumpeDe)
Read Full Business PracticeWaste Heat Recovery - first European industry project certified by the Investor Confidence Project
VIENNA/LONDON, January 2019. The Investor Confidence Project's innovative Investor Ready Energy Efficiency™ Certification has been awarded to a waste heat utilisation project at GMS GOURMET GmbH. The…
Read Full articleHeatpumps: vision vs. reality
Vision vs. reality – why political intervention is essential to unleash heat pumps energy savings potential in industrial and commercial applications. Buildings need a comfortable indoor temperature…
Read Full articleEnergy Recovery in Metallurgical Industry
The paper describes the recovery of thermal energy from flue gas, combustion gas and waste heat from the process industry as well as in water tubes boiler, shell boilers and steam generators. 5 projects - Norway, Canada, Russia - showcase full engineering projects to upgrade existing plants, executed by Norsk Energi, a leading Norwegian centre of competence in the fields of energy, environment and…
Read Full Business PracticeHeat Recovery from Biomass with ORC technology
From Biomass, Turboden provides solutions to produce heat and electrical power with high efficiency. Solution includes cogeneration plants with ORC which generate power usually ranging between 200 kW and 20 MW electric. By using wood and waste material as fuels, Turboden ORC solutions allow to provide heat for consumers from district heating, timber drying, wine industry, MDF/PB, sawdust drying...
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