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20 Ways to Save Energy Now
Lower Plant Energy Bills
All Combustion Systems
1. Operate furnaces and boilers at or close to design capacity
2. Reduce excess air used for combustion
3. Clean heat transfer surfaces
4. Reduce radiation losses from openings
5. Use proper furnace or boiler insulation to reduce wall heat losses
6. Adequately insulate air or water-cooled surfaces exposed to the furnace environment and steam lines leaving the boiler
7. Install air preheat or other heat recovery equipment
Steam Generation Systems
8. Improve water treatment to minimize boiler blowdown
9. Optimize deaerator vent rate
10. Repair steam leaks
11. Minimize vented steam
12. Implement effective steam trap maintenance program
13. Use high-pressure condensate to make low-pressure steam
14. Utilize backpressure turbine instead of pressure reducing or release valves
15. Optimize condensate recovery
Process Heating Systems
16. Minimize air leakage into the furnace by sealing openings
17. Maintain proper, slightly positive furnace pressure
18. Reduce weight of or eliminate material handling fixtures
19. Modify the furnace system to use a separate heating system to recover furnace exhaust gas heat
20. Recover part of the furnace exhaust heat for use in lower-temperature processes
Courtesy of the U.S. Dept. of Energy
