Energy Efficiency in Industrial Plants
Energy efficiency in an industrial plant requires the implementation of a management model that allows for the continuous development of initiatives aimed at optimizing the consumption of thermal and electrical energy.
In addition to regular monitoring and setting dedicated KPIs, it is essential to conduct energy efficiency audits based on real studies, measurements, and thermodynamic analyses.
Such an approach guarantees the definition of appropriate changes in both optimization methods and necessary process modifications, which often require targeted investments.
Investment projects related to energy, like many other investment processes, require coordination and execution of:
- Technical and economic analysis
- Preparation of a preliminary proposal for a technological solution with defined success criteria
- Commissioning and execution of the project
- Implementation of the investment according to budget and schedule
- Commissioning, training, and documentation handover
Experience in energy projects includes conducting energy efficiency audits for the FMCG, chemical, food, cosmetic, and heavy industries. From an investment and optimization perspective, these include:
- Changing the type of fuel used in production technology
- Optimizing compressed air consumption
- Modernizing the water-steam boiler systems
- Replacing and modernizing a 15 kV electrical installation
- Modernizing spray tower and fluid bed technology
- Installing gas cogeneration CHP synchronized with the grid, adjusting production technologies, steam and heating boilers to utilize thermal energy and achieving efficiency levels of 85-90%, which was competitive with other power-generating solutions regarding real payback time.
The currently developing trend aimed at environmental protection, carbon footprint measurement, and methane emission reduction includes promoting the use of renewable energy sources. This enables the implementation of photovoltaic investments, wind farms, pyrolysis installations, and biogas plants or biomethane facilities. The latter can be equipped with cogeneration systems, consisting of engine-generator or turbine-generator setups. Absorption chillers are also often installed to produce cooling from waste thermal energy (trigeneration).
Depending on the technological advancement, a biogas plant produces biogas or biomethane, which can be used for generating electricity, heating, cooling, injected into the transmission network, or liquefied and supplied to industrial customers.
The goal is to offer comprehensive implementation of energy-related investments for the aforementioned technologies in a contract engineering format.