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Resource Conservation in Snack Food Processing
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2001-05)
Frito-Lay, Inc., the world's largest salty snack food company, operates 39 manufacturing facilities in the
U.S. and Canada. Operations in these facilities require substantial amounts of energy and water. In the past, these ...
Corporate Energy Management- Perspectives and Motivations
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2001-05)
There is no product, there is no service that can be provided without the need to expand or consume energy. Since the founding of these United States, our industrial capacity and national wealth had grown to be the greatest ...
The Steam System Scoping Tool: Benchmarking Your Steam Operations Through Best Practices
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2001-05)
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Industrial Technology (DOE-OIT) BestPractice efforts aim to assist U.S. industry in adopting near-term energy-efficient technologies and practices through voluntary technical-assistance ...
Best Practices: The Engineering Approach For Industrial Boilers
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2001-05)
A plant's boilers represent a large capital investment, as well as a crucial portion of overall plant operations, regardless of the industry our customers are in. It is important to have systems and procedures in place to ...
The Future of Steam: A Preliminary Discussion
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2001-05)
Steam production represents a significant proportion of today's industrial energy demand. But the evolution of process technologies, as well as turbulence in energy markets, suggests that steam's role may be subject to ...
DOE/OIT Plant-Wide Energy Assessment Experience Summary
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2001-05)
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) is sponsoring cost-shared, plant-wide energy assessments of industrial facilities through its BestPractices Program. The purpose of these assessments ...
The Development of an Energy Evaluation Tool for Chilled Water Systems
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2001-05)
An energy evaluation tool for chilled water systems was developed. This tool quantifies the energy usage of various chilled water systems and typical energy conservation measures that are applied to these systems. It can ...
Where's the Beef? ConAgra's Approach to Energy Sources & Efficiency in Meat Processing
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2001-05)
ConAgra Foods, Inc. is a diversified international food company. ConAgra operating companies work interdependently across the food chain with 82,000 employees in 35 countries around the world. Sustainable development is a ...
A Prescription for Value: Building Automation in a Competitive Energy Market
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2001-05)
As markets for electric power open to competition, business stands at the edge of a breakthrough in the efficient, cost-effective use of energy.
To companies disappointed with the pace and benefits of deregulation, that ...
Energy Efficiency in Process Plant Utilities
(Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2001-05)
This article highlights some aspects of utility systems design and operations for energy efficiency. After years of relative stability, the energy costs have risen substantially. Electricity rates vary by the hour and in ...