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The Challenge: Improving the Performance of Oil Well Pumping Units: OXY USA, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, provided five oil wells at their Bemis Oil Field in Ellis County, Kansas. With the price of oil declining and their oil wells maturing, oil drilling companies in Kansas were faced with energy costs for pumping oil which at times exceeded 50...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, Kansas, oil, performance, industry; Case studies
Installation of Reverse Osmosis Unit Reduces Refinery Energy Consumption: The Flying J Petroleum Refinery, located in Salt Lake City, Utah, processes 25,000 barrels per day BPD of crude oil. The Flying J Petroleum Refinery replaced its hot lime softener, which removes hardness and alkalinity from boiler feed water, with a reverse osmosis unit. The benefits of this replacement project...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, benefit; Case studies
Corporate Energy Conservation Program for Alcoa North American Extrusions: Alcoa is the world's leading producer of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum, and alumina. Alcoa North American Extrusions NAE views energy conservation as a means of eliminating waste and increasing sustainability. Energy-efficient production processes not only reduce the amount of money required to purchase energy, but also yield benefits such as...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, Alcoa Inc., sustainability, benefit; Case studies
Compressed Air System Upgrade Improves Production at an Automotive Glass Plant: In 2000, Visteon Corporation implemented a project that improved the compressed air system at its automotive glass plant in Nashville, Tennessee. The project involved replacing worn, unreliable compressors with smaller, more efficient units and reconfiguring the system to allow it to operate more effectively. Visteon is an automotive parts manufacturer...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, Visteon Corp., performance; Case studies
Millwater Pumping System Optimization Improves Efficiency and Saves Energy at an Automotive Glass Plant: In 2001, Visteon Corporation's automotive glass plant in Nashville, Tennessee, renovated its millwater pumping system. Visteon is an automotive parts manufacturer that was spun off from Ford Motor Corporation in 2000. The plant personnel decided to retrofit the millwater pumping system based on Tencarva's system review and recommendations. The project...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, Visteon Corp., performance; Case studies

The Challenge: Improving Ventilation System Performance at a Metal Plating Facility: The Lockheed Martin Vermont facility, primarily manufactures armament systems as well as munitions, fire control systems, and advanced weapon systems sold domestically and to U.S. allies abroad. It was looking for a way to improve the performance of the ventilation system in their Lakeside Avenue industrial plating plant in Burlington,...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, Lockheed Martin Corp., cost savings, performance; Case studies
American Water Heater Company: Compressed Air System Optimization Project Saves Energy and Improves Production at Water Heater Plant: Located in Johnson City, Tennessee, AWHC is a leading manufacturer of high-quality residential and commercial water heaters. The plant's compressed air system is served by four 350-hp and one 250-hp lubricated rotary screw compressors that total 1,650 hp. In early 2000, plant personnel commissioned a U.S. Department of Energy Allied...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, performance; Case studies
New Water Booster Pump System Reduces Energy Consumption by 80 Percent and Increases Reliability: GM is the world's largest automobile manufacturer. GM teamed up with their electric power provider, Detroit Edison, to evaluate opportunities for cost improvement and to measure pre- and post-modification system performance. The new city water booster pumping system was located approximately a half mile closer to the current primary water...; Tags: Manufacturing, U.S. Department of Energy, General Motors Corp., performance; Case studies
Town of Trumbull Pump Optimization Project Yields $60,000 Net Present Value: The Town of Trumbull was looking for a way to increase the operating performance of one of its 10 sewage pumping stations. The new pump handles the same volume as the original pumps during non-peak periods, but runs for longer periods of time. A new pump site under construction in...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, performance; Case studies
Improved Steam Trap Maintenance Increases System Performance and Decreases Operating Costs: Velsicol Chemical Corporation is a mid-size specialty chemical company. Environmental responsibility and competitive operating performance are important goals of Velsicol Chemical Corporation. The steam system energy efficiency was somewhat low due to steam trap failures that created system performance problems and resulted in the loss of condensate. The results of...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, performance; Case studies
New Combustion Control System and Steam Traps Saves $250,000 Annually: The Naval Nuclear Fuel Division in Lynchburg, Virginia, manufactures nuclear components used for military ship propulsion. During a review of the plant, an energy consultant noticed an abnormally high steam plume rising from the deaerator tank stack. Realizing that the large plume may be a consequence of malfunctioning steam traps,...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, cost savings, performance; Case studies
Modernization of Electrolysis System at MagCorp Reduces Costs and Waste: MagCorp formerly Amax is the oldest primary magnesium producer in the United States; the company has provided high-quality magnesium metal ingots to the world market since 1972. To improve the MgCl2 cell-feed purity and electrolyzer performance, MagCorp initiated two separate upgrade projects during the 1990s. The success of this project...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, team, performance; Case studies
Performance Improvements at Wastewater Treatment Plants: For most facilities, identifying system performance improvements requires a coordinated effort between system operators and management. Operator familiarity with system performance, combined with proper training and management support, can provide useful recommendations that lead to lower system operating costs. Several examples of the success of such teamwork can be found...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, system performance, energy efficiency, teamwork, training, performance; Case studies
Optimizing Pump Systems at a Coal Slurry Preparation Plant: Peabody Holding Company, the largest U.S. coal producer, has completed a project to improve the performance of a coal slurry pumping system at its Randolph Coal Preparation plant. The modified system uses a smaller pump with an 8" x 10" casing and a 32" diameter impeller with an output that...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, motor, coal, performance; Case studies
The Challenge: Improving the Performance of a Waste-to-Energy Facility: The City of Long Beach, California was looking for a way to improve the operational efficiency of its Southeast Resource Recovery Facility SERRF, a recycling and solid waste-to-energy plant. To increase system efficiency, the Showcase Demonstration team retrofitted each of the three induced draft fan systems with VFDs, designed to...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, performance; Case studies
U.S. Department of Energy: Human Capital Management Strategic Plan - FY 2005 Action Plan: The Department of Energy DOE achieved a "green" status score for its accomplishments in implementing the human capital initiative of the President's Management Agenda PMA. During FY 2005, DOE will build on the results achieved over the past three years. To accomplish this, the Department's Chief Human Capital Officer has...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, Department of Energy, human capital, human capital management, strategy; White papers 2004-11-29
School Operations and Maintenance: Best Practices for Controlling Energy Costs: This guidebook provides technical information and organizational information on barriers, challenges, and the necessary steps required to develop an energy management program within a school district organizational structure. In addition, it contains case studies that are essential to providing experience-based observations and "real life" approaches to which school district staff...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, school district, organizational structure, barrier, best practice, strategy; White papers 2004-08-01
Improving Sustainability of Buildings Through a Performance-Based Design Approach: Preprint: The design of most buildings is typically driven by budget, time, safety, and energy codes, producing buildings that just meet these minimum criteria. To achieve better or even exceptional energy performance in buildings, the design team needs to work with the building owner and others involved in the building process...; Tags: Performance management, U.S. Department of Energy, sustainability, performance, team, benefit; White papers 2004-07-01
DER Benefits Analysis Studies: Final Report: The objectives of this project are to Catalogue at least 30 key quantitative studies reporting on the values and benefits of distributed energy generation technologies including renewables in various applications; and Develop a summary of the studies in matrix format that permits comparisons of key study factors: analysis approach, methodology,...; Tags: Benefits, U.S. Department of Energy, benefit, knowledge, analysis; White papers 2003-09-01
Advanced Microturbine System: Market Assessment: This report presents a composite picture of the market for microturbines based on the GE and Capstone development efforts and previous market analysis undertaken by the developers as part of the AMTS program. Except for waste fuel applications, meeting the full AMTS goals provides 2-3 times the economic market of...; Tags: U.S. Department of Energy, microturbine, Combined Heat and Power, analysis, sales, performance; White papers 2003-05-01