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Energy efficiency measures - Industrial - Process heat

Template assignment

Base case
  • Natural gas fired boiler operating at 70% seasonal efficiency provides steam to load of 2 million Btu/h
  • Load operates 45 hours per week at 100% duty cycle
Proposed case
  • Load and duty cycle reduced by 25%
  • Operating hours reduced to 40 hours per week
  • Cost of changes estimated at $100,000
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.