The Use of Electricity in Industry and Energy Saving - The Gamma Co-Efficient

Abstract

Use of electricity in manufacturing processes is not only limited to its specific utilizations as motion power, lighting, electrolysis. Worldwide energy troubles involve in France a great voluntee to substitute in industrial processes the nuclear electricity to the oil-burning one. The main part of these uses the replacement thermal ones. Of course, electrical processes which will develop are technically tested and economically justified. Energetic comparison of concurrent processes leads to the use of simple factors : the gamma factor. It is, when using energy, the number of thermies which are replaced by one kWh. Gamma is not a factor for measuring the oil saving but the using efficiency. For measuring the oil saving, the author uses 'the net gain of oil weight'. Examples of applications and main results are given in various industrial branches.