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- Improving Several Fan-Driven Systems in an Oriented-Strand Board Manufacturing Facility
- Louisiana Pacific Corporation is a producer of oriented-strand board OSB in Tomahawk, Wisconsin. It completed a fan system optimization project resulting in substantial energy and cost savings. Originally, some of the process equipment used in the Tomahawk plant was designed and installed in an OSB plant in Colorado. After the...
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- Procter & Gamble: Compressed Air System Upgrade Saves Energy and Improves Production at a Paper Mill
- P&G is a major producer of consumer goods; it produces and sells a wide range of paper, laundry, cleaning, beauty care, health care, and food and beverage products to more than 5 billion consumers in more than 140 countries. In 2002, Procter & Gamble (P&G) improved the compressed air system...
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- Alcoa North American Extrusions Implements Energy Use Assessments at Multiple Facilities: Compressed Air System Assessment at Elizabethton Extrusion Plant
- In May 2001, Air Management of Powder Springs, Georgia, assessed the compressed air system at the Alcoa North American Extrusions NAE facility in Elizabethton, Tennessee. The result of the assessment was a proposal to optimize the compressed air system to meet current and future production requirements and reduce operating costs...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- Compressed Air System Modifications Improve Efficiency at a Plastics Blow Molding Plant
- Southeastern Container is the largest manufacturer of polyethylene terephthalate PET soft drink bottles in the world. The project was based on a survey of the plant's compressed air system performed by North Carolina State University's NCSU Industrial Extension Service. The first observation from the survey was that the plant's compressors...
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- Compressed Air System Optimization Saves Energy and Improves Production at a Textile Manufacturing Mill
- Thomaston Mills, Inc. is a diversified manufacturer of textile products for the apparel, home furnishings, and industrial markets. A compressed air system improvement project was implemented at the Peerless Division of Thomaston Mills in Thomaston, Georgia. The compressed air system in the grey mill was surveyed in 1995 because the...
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- Compressed Air System Overhaul Improves Production at a Powdered Metal Manufacturing Plant
- GKN Sinter Metals is the world's largest full-service manufacturer of precision powdered metal parts. The Salem plant decided to have an independent assessment performed on its compressed air system because it was experiencing difficulty in maintaining the minimum pressure level needed for the plant's end use applications. The compressed air...
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- Compressed Air System Redesign Results in Increased Production at a Fuel System Plant
- Caterpillar Fuel Systems performed a compressed air system improvement project at its fuel injector plant in Pontiac, Illinois. The plant specializes in production of fuel injectors and fuel system machinery for motor vehicles. Despite operating all eight of its centrifugal compressors and renting an additional one for the summer months,...
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- Compressed Air System Renovation Project Improves Production at a Food Processing Facility
- Bristol-Myers Squibb is a diversified, worldwide health and personal care company whose main products are pharmaceuticals, consumer medicines, beauty care, nutritional supplements, and medical devices. The Evansville plant conducted an evaluation of its plant with some technical assistance from an independent consultant to determine how to best improve the system....
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- Plant Utility Improvements Increase Profit and Productivity at a Clothing Manufacturing Complex
- The company distributes its products in retail and wholesale markets as well as directly to sports teams and athletic organizations around the country. The Fayetteville manufacturing facility is highly vertically integrated, performing most of the tasks that make finished apparel out of basic textile materials. After attending energy efficiency workshops,...
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- City of Milford Pump Optimization Project Yields $96,000 Net Present Value
- The City of Milford wanted to save energy at one of its 37 sewage stations. Built in 1963, this pump station handles approximately 750 million gallons of raw sewage per year. With the help of ITT Flygt Corporation (new-pump manufacturer) and United Illuminating local electric utility, engineers investigated total system...
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- 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...
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- Water Pumping Case Study: PV-Powered Water for Cattle in South Dakota
- Solar electric modules behind and to right of the ranchers generate 1,600 watts of electricity to power a centrifugal pump that's 1.5 miles from the nearest power line at this South Dakota ranch. The system pumps 30 gallons a minute from a well 43 feet deep, and sends it 5.5...
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- Remote Homes Case Study: PV Power for a Modern Home in Florida
- When the Chases moved to their PV-powered home in southwest Florida, they brought along all their electrical appliances. And they found out they had enough electricity to use them. Once Joyce and George Chase discovered it would cost $15,000 to extend a utility line to their new home on the...
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- Remote Villages Case Study: Village PV Power in Mexico
- The people of Xcalak were dissatisfied with their diesel generators because it was expensive to ship fuel to the village and because the generators kept breaking down. But when the villagers turned to their government, a bold new solution emerged: adding solar electric modules and wind generators to the existing...
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- Grid-Connected PV Case Study: PV Power for an Energy-Efficient Home in Massachusetts
- Concerned about the environment and rising energy costs, a retired couple in Massachusetts commissioned the design of a PV-powered, energy-efficient, all-solar home. Although they wanted to be more self-reliant, they didn't want to maintain a battery bank at their home. Because utility power was available, they specified a utility-connected PV...
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- Vision for Bioenergy & Biobased Products in the United States
- The United States in the year 2002 was approaching a bio-based revolution that would fundamentally change the way energy products are produced and consumed. From biological resources, products as diverse as fuels and lubricants, heat and electricity, chemicals, food, feed, building materials, paper, clothing, and much more, can be derived.
- White papers 2002-10-01
- Energy Savings Potential of Solid State Lighting in General Lighting Applications
- Research investment in solid state lighting SSL sources is accelerating the development of this technology, improving its efficiency to produce useful light. Today, SSL sources can be found in many applications requiring colored ("monochromatic") light, such as exit signs, traffic signals, and automobile brake lights. In the recent past, technological...
- White papers 2001-04-01
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