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Energy efficiency measures - Industrial - Other

Template assignment

Base case
  • Continuous heating load during operation of 2 million Btu/h
  • Continuous cooling load during operation of 100 refrigeration tons
  • Electrical load of 100 kW is on 75% of time that electrical systems operate
  • Heating system fed by boiler that runs with diesel (#2 oil) and operates 45 h/w at 70% seasonal efficiency
  • Cooling system runs 12 h/d, and the refrigeration system has a seasonal COP of 3.0
  • Electrical equipment runs 200 h/m
Proposed case
  • Heating load reduced by 10% with a duty cycle of 90%, operating hours cut to 40 h/w
  • Cooling system duty cycle reduced by 10% and operating hours to 10 h/d
  • Electrical equipment load and operating hours reduced by 10% and duty cycle reduced to 70%
  • Incremental costs for heating system: $100,000; for cooling system: $10,000; for electrical equipment: $5,000
  • Annual operational savings due to improvements estimated for heating system: $1,000; for cooling system: $100; for electrical equipment: $100
Other opportunities
  • Change heating fuel to natural gas at 80% efficiency
  • Lease a new refrigeration system with seasonal COP of 3.5
Solution

The worked-out solution is the data file selected from within the RETScreen Project Database. The user automatically downloads the Project Database file while downloading the RETScreen software.