Energy Use in the Dairy Industry, 1979-1980

摘要

The results of an energy consumption survey conducted in the New Zealand dairy industry, during the 1979/80 dairying season are detailed and discussed. The survey concerns energy use in the collection of milk, in the processing of town milk and speciality products, and in the manufacture of all dairy products. It was undertaken to update the information provided in the dairy industry energy survey report of the 1974/75 season by Vickers and Shannon (1977). It is proposed to forward a copy of this report to the manager of every dairy manufacturing plant and milk treatment station in New Zealand with a covering letter containing information concerning the apparent energy efficiency, defined by the energy-use index, for his particular factory. It is hoped that managers will then set up an energy group for their own plant to continue energy auditing and introduce energy conservation schemes such as those outlined and recommended. The New Zealand Dairy Research Institute is prepared to determine the energy-use index annually and make additional energy conservation information available to all plants which in future forward their annual energy consumptions and production statistics to the Institute for evaluation. (ERA citation 08:036210)