Change How Your Plant Runs

摘要

IN RECENT columns, I discussed various ways to identify energy efficiency improvements and implement energy management. These include process flow diagram reviews, online optimization, energy performance indicators (EnPIs), and energy management systems of various kinds. Last month focused on human factors that can influence energy performance (see: "Behold the Impact of Human Behavior," https:// bit.ly/2XVHEYH). All are important topics — but to achieve plant energy savings you must translate your ideas into a change in how your plant runs. This happens in four main ways (what I call elsewhere "the four pillars of industrial energy efficiency") — operational improvements, effective maintenance, engineered improvements, and new technologies.