Electrical Energy Conservation in Glass Industry
Keywords:
Energy Conservation, Energy Management, Industry, Sheet-Glass, Load, Motors, Efficiency.Abstract
Electrical energy is the most common and widely used type of energy in the world. The subject of energy
conservation is a concern for most energy users particularly industry. Energy Conservation (ECON) becomes even more
important for the third world, developing countries, where the rising energy costs and the use of efficient energy
apparatus are of significant concern to both the industry and the utility. In this paper, the application of the ECON
techniques by which electrical energy can be saved and made cost efficient from the industrial perspective are presented
for a sheet-glass industry in a developing country (India-Asia). The selection, in particular, of a sheet-glass industry was
done because electrical energy constitutes only a small amount of the overall energy used. A complete energy
conservation guideline is recommended. The load profile and its overall improvement in light of these recommendations
are also illustrated along with the proposed utilization of the techniques and their applications. Electrical energy
management (EEM) approach for motors, pf, and tariff control is outlined and the emphasis on energy conservation
technology has been elaborated. More findings of the application of energy conservation techniques of high significance
are presented in the paper
