• Chemical
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Berkeley Lab has facilitated several activities between DOE
and the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) in an effort to
increase awareness among AIChE’s 55,000 members of the
opportunities for energy efficiency improvements in the Chemical
Industry. The Lab is working with AIChE to place a series of
BestPractices articles in AIChE’s Chemical Engineering
Progress magazine. The first article, “Profiting from
Your Pumping System”, appeared in the September 2003 issue.
AIChE has co-sponsored and organized several of the DOE-developed
training workshops, including workshops on pumping systems,
compressed air systems, and steam systems. AIChE also was a
co-sponsor of the DOE-organized Energy Solutions for Industry
conferences held in California. |
• Food Processing
Berkeley Lab and Del
Monte Foods were awarded funding by the Food Industry Energy
Research (FIER) Grant Program, which is part of the Public Interest
Energy Research Program (PIER) of the California Energy Commission,
to demonstrate how can cooker processing for fruits and vegetables
common in California industry can be made significantly more energy
efficient through the appropriate application of existing technology
in a cost effective manner that supports or enhances production
needs. The objectives of this project are to
| 1. |
Perform an overall system evaluation and analysis on a can
cooker system common to the fruit and vegetable processing industry.
This will identify opportunities for system optimization, including
the potential for improving the system energy efficiency of
the system by using waste heat to provide process cooling; |
| 2. |
Identify, design, and commission a demonstration project for
the system; |
| 3. |
Conduct post-installation analysis, verify energy savings,
document reliability of the system improvement. In addition,
develop a simple technology applicability tool to help users
identify plants/applications where this technology can be replicated;
and |
| 4. |
Publish the results of these analyses and make the tool available
to promote adoption of industry best practices for can cooker
systems. |
Results are expected in late 2004. For more information, contact
Anthony Radspieler, Project Manager, at LBNL aradspieler@lbl.gov.
• Pulp and Paper
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Berkeley Lab is working with the
Technical
Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI), to provide
the industry with resources, tools and educational programs
that increase the knowledge base for industrial motor system
efficiency. Berkeley staff has worked with TAPPI to develop
short courses on motor system management for pumping and compressed
air, and participates in TAPPI working committees to increase
awareness of system optimization benefits. |
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