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Energy efficiency measures - Industrial - Process electricity

Template assignment

Base case
  • 10 kW electrical load furnace
  • Duty cycle 70%
  • Operating 100 hours per week
Proposed case
  • Replace existing furnace with a more efficient 8 kW version
  • Same duty cycle
  • Decrease operation time by 20%
  • Incremental costs for system upgrade $10,000
  • O&M savings $1,000/year
Other opportunity
  • Lease the furnace
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.