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Energy Management: Back to the Basics
Abstract
In 2005, Texas Petrochemicals LP achieved a reduction in energy usage of 6.2 percent when compared to 2004. This is based on the but per pound of plant-wide production. Also, halfway through 2006, the company has achieved a reduction in energy usage of 11.6 percent when compared to 2005. This was accomplished in spite of the fact that market conditions forced plant-wide production to be reduced by 2.5 percent. The following projects and procedures were
implemented to achieve these results:
• Overall energy management system with “top-down” support
• Conversion of 2 boilers to a CO control strategy
• Using combustion analysis metrics to drive boiler pre-heater cleanings
• Deaerator optimization
• Utility leak repair program
• Steam trap management program
• Insulation program
• Distillation targets assessment and optimization
• Advanced and regulatory process control improvements
• Conversion of steam turbines (vented to atmosphere) to high-efficiency motors
• Diversity of natural gas suppliers
The company is initially targeting an energy reduction goal of 5 percent year over year.
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Diamond, S. (2007). Energy Management: Back to the Basics. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /87945.