Energy and Waste Reduction Opportunities in Industrial Processes
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2001
Publication Source
Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment
Abstract
Traditional approach for reducing energy and waste in industrial processes typically focus on improving the efficiency of the primary energy conversion equipment. Unfortunately, this approach frequently results in incremental improvement at high costs, since most energy and mass conversion equipment is relatively efficient to begin with and upgrading to higher efficiency equipment is usually quite costly. In this article, we describe an alternative approach that begins by focusing outward to the distribution system and energy conversion equipment. We call this protocol the “INSIDE-OUT” approach, and suggest that it is a manifestation of the exergy analysis method.
To support this assertion, we develop the thermodynamic bases for the “Out-side-in” and the “Inside-out” approaches to identifying savings We then demonstrate the comparative effectiveness of the “inside-out” approach using approaches from lighting, air compressors, and electroplating. Finally, we show why the inside-out approach leads to greater sustained savings over time.
Inclusive pages
40-53
ISBN/ISSN
1048-5236
Copyright
Copyright © 2001, Taylor & Francis
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Volume
21
Issue
1
Peer Reviewed
yes
eCommons Citation
Kissock, J. Kelly; Hallinan, Kevin P.; and Bader, Wayne, "Energy and Waste Reduction Opportunities in Industrial Processes" (2001). Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Publications. 65.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/mee_fac_pub/65
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