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    • Observations from Energy Audits in the Petrochemical Industry 
      Govindan, T. S. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1979)
      Du Pont Energy Management Services has done energy studies at a number of refining and petrochemical plants. These studies are done through a rigorous, systematic, and objective analysis of all plant systems and equipment ...
    • Observations of a Building Energy Auditor: 10 Years in Other People's Closets 
      Houcek, J. K. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2005)
    • Obstacles and Opportunity: Overcoming Barriers in Today's CHP Marketplace 
      Chittum, A.; Kaufman, N. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2011)
      Combined heat and power (CHP), which can offer tremendous efficiency benefits to industrial facilities around the country, continues to be viewed as a long-term efficiency opportunity. However, the high up-front cost of ...
    • Obstacles and Opportunity: Turbine Motorization in Refineries Today 
      Feng, Hua; Liu, Jinghing; Liu, Xiang; Ahmad, Mushtaq; Deng, Alan (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2012)
      Steam turbines have been widely used in oil refineries for driving pumps, compressors and other rotary machines. However, in recent years, the authors of this paper have seen substantial turbine motorization projects ...
    • Obtaining and Ensuring Persistence of O&M Savings Through Resource Conservation Management 
      Miller, W. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2001)
      Resource conservation management is a management program similar to financial management in that its success requires commitment by all levels of the organization to the process as well as an accounting procedure and ...
    • Occidental Chemical Corporation Alters the Geismar EDC Unit and Reduces Energy Usage by 50% 
      Truver, A.; Fink, L. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2015)
    • Occupancy Based Fault Detection on Building Level - a Feasibility Study 
      Tuip, B.; Houten, M.; Trcka, M.; Hensen, M. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2010)
      Buildings rarely perform as designed. Improving building functioning could be of great value for different stakeholders as building users, building owners and maintenance companies. In this study, a prototype procedure is ...
    • Off Peak Power - An Alternative to Interruptible Service 
      Nordyke, H. G., Jr. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1984)
      Georgia Power's Off-Peak Rider encourages load reductions up to 40% during on-peak periods over four summer months each year. Since summer on-peak time represents about 50% of available time, the customer's productive ...
    • Off-Balance Sheet Financing for Industrial Energy Efficiency Projects 
      Williams, S. J. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1994-04)
      Traditionally, energy efficiency projects have been financed by energy service companies (ESCOs) under a shared savings arrangement known as performance contracting. Essentially, performance contracting packages engineering, ...
    • The Office Air Handling Unit versus the Two Dedicated Air Handling Unit System 
      Song, L.; Liu, M. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2002)
      Both analytical and the numerical methods have been developed to compares the energy performance of the OAHU systems and the two-AHU (TAHU) system. The OAHU system saves up to 1.85 kilojoules heating energy for each kilogram ...
    • Office Building Uses Ice Storage, Heat Recovery, and Cold-Air Distribution 
      Tackett, R. K. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1989)
      Ice storage offers many opportunities to use other tcchnologies, such as heat recovery and cold-air distribution. In fact, by using them, the designer can improve the efficiency and lower the construction cost of an ice ...
    • Office Buildings: Developer's Requirements- Consultant's Solutions 
      Forster, P.; Arndt, J. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2008-10)
      Sustainability has recently become a recognized feature in office developments. This lecture will focus on the motivation for a developer to introduce sustainability to a project and also on the approach of MEP consultants ...
    • OG&E's Power Quality Program 
      Davis, M. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.eslwin.tamu.edu), 1989-09)
      Our commitment to reliable electric power does not stop at the meter, but extends all the way to the equipment that it operates. Through the Power Quality Program, we provide professional power consultants to assure that ...
    • Oil and Gas Air Heaters 
      Kou, G.; Wang, H.; Zhou, J. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2006)
      Most conventional air heaters adopt indirect heat transfer, which uses combustion gases to indirectly heat fresh air by heating surfaces to generate hot air used for material drying and dehumidification. We call them ...
    • Oil Field Electrical Energy Savings Through Energy-Efficient Motor Retrofits 
      Ula, S.; Bershinsky, V.; Cain, W. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1995-04)
      The Wyoming Electric Motor Training and Testing Center (WEMTTC), in conjunction with the Department of Energy-Denver Support Office and the Naval Petroleum Reserve #3 (NPR-3), has conducted an extensive study of electric ...
    • Oil to Coal Conversion of Power and Industrial Facilities in the Dominican Republic 
      Causilla, H.; Acosta, J. R. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1982)
      Realizing that the use of coal has the potential to offset the effects of world oil prices on the Dominican Republic's economy, the Commission Nacional de Politica Energetica (CNPE) requested Bechtel Power Corporation to ...
    • Oklahoma Industrial Energy Management Program 
      Turner, W. C.; Webb, R. E.; Phillips, J. M.; Viljoen, T. A. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1979)
      The need for sound energy management is no longer worthy of debate. Action is necessary and much is being done by U.S. industry. Unfortunately, however, the majority of the work is being done by the few large energy intensive ...
    • Oklahoma Industrial Energy Management Program 
      Turner, W. C.; Estes, C. B. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1982)
      In Oklahoma, industry consumes about 35% of the total energy consumed. While it is true that much work has been done in the larger companies, most small to medium sized companies have yet to undertake a substantial energy ...
    • Oklahoma Industrial Energy Management Program 
      Estes, C. B.; Turner, W. C. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1980)
      Each and every citizen has been affected by the energy crisis by now. Business and industry have especially been hurt as the rising cost of energy and its dwindling supplies are the twin jaws of a vise rapidly closing in ...
    • An Olefin Unit's Energy Audit and Implementation 
      Buehler, J. H. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 1979)
      This paper will discuss an Energy Audit conducted in 1976 on Union Carbide's Texas City No. 3 Olefins Ethylene Unit. Staffing, planning, and conduct of an Audit are reviewed. Project endorsement by the multifunctional ...