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Plant-Wide Energy Conservation Program Yields Impressive Results
Abstract
Teledyne Continental Motors, Industrial Products Division (IPD), presently has 752,300 square feet of manufacturing area located on 59 acres in downtown Muskegon, Michigan. Fifty percent of the buildings were constructed between 1917 and 1921, with the balance built between 1941 and 1968. Extensive machining and assembly facilities are located there for the production of a variety of water-cooled, internal combustion engines. In September of 1977, IPD retained Roy F. Weston, Inc. to provide an In-depth survey of energy use at the facility with the specific objective of recommending cost-effective means of reducing energy costs to augment Teledyne's ongoing conservation efforts. Boiler operations, steam distribution and condensate return systems, heating and air conditioning systems, building shell, and other available opportunities for energy usage reduction were evaluated. By a series of process changes, HVAC revisions, and other cost-effective conservation measures, Teledyne has reduced energy consumption by 380,000 MBtu per year, a decrease of 65 percent based upon 1974 consumption. Energy savings coupled with reduced associated fixed costs are equivalent to a total cost avoidance of over $1,200,000. This paper presents the results of Weston's energy survey and system designs, Teledyne's progressive. Implementation of energy conservation techniques, and actual plant performance to date in achieving energy savings.
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Adlkes, R. P.; Zupko, A. J.; Adams, J. W. (1980). Plant-Wide Energy Conservation Program Yields Impressive Results. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /93947.