Powerful energy complexes are used to supply industrial, agricultural and construction companies. Almost 80% of the energy produced in the country is used by companies. It is the cost of heat and electricity that becomes a major expense.
They can be reduced by introducing energy-saving technologies in the company. They imply the improvement of equipment, as well as the use of high-precision instruments. The instrumentation is always selected taking into account the specifics of the industrial plant. For companies in the heating, electricity and oil industries, devices with a higher degree of protection against external influences are therefore used.
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The main technological activities include:
- Replacement of devices with energy-saving devices, from lamps to heat exchangers to motors with variable frequency.
- Increased productivity in power generation: for example, installation of condensing boilers.
- Start of projects on "ecological" alternative energies (sun, water, wind).
- Monitoring used resources and starting control systems.
The research carried out and the statistical data collected claim that 90% of energy losses are precisely related to irrational consumption, but only up to 10% is lost in transportation and transmission. The main directions of energy-saving technologies are therefore linked to the optimization of the use of heat and electricity. All of these activities have their own payback period: specialists can easily calculate the profitability of implementing certain processes or purchasing new equipment.
Technical activities
It is the implemented technical measures that effectively reduce energy consumption, both warm and electrical. They are costly and time consuming, and can require significant investment to begin with, but they provide good results (and significant money savings). Such events include:
- Installation of measuring units, flow meters: allows you to see implicit losses and reduce costs by 20-30%;
- Installation of small boiler rooms for needs, away from the central highway, areas: helps avoid heat loss during transport;
- Introduction of a frequency control system for electric motors in ventilation and pumping systems, for other objects that are operated without permanent load;
- Installation of start relays for lamps and replacement of obsolete lamps with energy-saving ones;
- Energy generation by processing secondary raw materials directly in production (which reduces costs by almost four times);
- Thermal insulation of the room;
- Installation and introduction of solar panels;
- Use of organic fuel in boiler rooms.
Also, do not forget about the planned inspection and repair of all pipelines, cable networks and other elements of engineering systems that reduce losses. In addition, gas, water and power supply systems have to be equipped with modern, highly sensitive controllers and measuring devices. These are the activities that are actively implemented in modern companies.
When we talk about the latest energy-saving developments, these are vortex thermal generators, heat exchangers in ventilation systems (with additional coolant or radiator type), solar panels and solar panels. Most advanced technologies are too expensive to be mass-marketed. The only exceptions are LED lighting and the introduction of rotating wind turbines.