Energy-conservation opportunities in the chemical industry. Industrial Energy-Conservation.

Furbush, S.A.

1982

CIENA
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INTRODUCTION TO PROCESS ENERGY CONSERVATION. The chemical industry. Direct process energy. Theoretical and total process energy. IMPORTANT ENERGY-CONSERVATION MEASURES. General areas of opportunity. Checklists of specific opportunities. The economics of process energy conservation. SURVEY OF PROCESSES. New equipment and materials. Modification of operating parameters. Where energy is consumed in other typical chemical processes. EXAMPLE OF PLANT ANALYSIS. The existing situation. Incentives for energy conservation. Development of energy-conservation ideas. Evaluation of ideas. IDEA GENERATION. Ongoing plant and company activities. Formal task-force approach. COLLECTING DATA. General requirements. Specific requirements.

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GENERAL; INDUSTRIA QUIMICA; USO RACIONAL DE LA ENERGIA; MEDIDAS DE CONSERVACION; TERMODINAMICA; SECTOR INDUSTRIAL; MANUALES;