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Voltage Sag-Related Upsets of Industrial Process Controls in Petroleum and Chemical Industries
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1998-04)
In the modern industrial facility, many electrical and electronic control devices are routinely integrated into automated processes, increasing the potential for electrical compatibility problems. Hardwired motor control ...
DuPont Approach to Energy Management: A System Wide Approach to Energy Efficiency
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1998-04)
Development of Pre-Screening Indices to Improve Energy Analysis of Public K-12 Schools
(Texas A&M University, 1998)
Indices are an important tool used to increase the accuracy and efficiency of the energy audit process. This thesis describes methods for using annual, monthly, daily, and hourly indices to improve current energy auditing ...
Energy Efficiency in the Microelectronics Industry
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1998-04)
The rapid advance of technology towards shrinking circuits and increasing speed of execution is coupled by the demand for enhanced manufacturing rates and fuller equipment utilization. This puts renewed emphasis on ...
Finding Process Improvements- The Six Places to Look!
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1998-04)
In reviewing hundreds of process improvement projects, the author has found that virtually all fall into at least one of six categories. By looking for places where one or more of these characteristics exist in existing ...
Energy Savings Performance Contract- Robins Air Force Base, Georgia
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1998-04)
Due to budgetary constraints and lack of funding for energy savings initiatives, government energy managers are being forced to develop new techniques by which energy savings technologies can be procured. One such mechanism ...
Boiler Efficiency vs. Steam Quality- The Challenge of Creating Quality Steam Using Existing Boiler Efficiencies
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1998-04)
A boiler works under pressure and it is not possible to see what is happening inside of it. The terms "wet steam" and "carry over" are every day idioms in the steam industry, yet very few people have ever seen these phenomena ...
Severe Maintenance Problems as Your First Indicator of Big Potential Energy Savings
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1998-04)
Throughout 1994 and 1995, Algoma Steel Inc. conducted several modifications to their No.5 Reheat Furnace Combustion Air System during a major rebuild of the furnace. This involved a redesigned five pass recuperator, a ...
Waste Heat Boilers for Incineration Applications
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1998-04)
Incineration is a widely used process for disposing of solid, liquid and gaseous wastes generated in various types of industries. In addition to destroying pollutants, energy may also be recovered from the waste gas streams ...
Steam System Improvement: A Case Study
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1998-04)
Along with the shortage of conventional energy sources, efforts have been sought to use energy in a rational manner. Whereas the biggest energy consumption is in the industrial sector, various techniques to reduce energy ...