Industrial Productivity Improvement Through Energy Efficiency

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• Industrial Productivity Improvement Through
  Energy Efficiency Waste Reduction
• By
• B. Gopalakrishnan, PhD, P.E., CEM
• Professor Director
• Industrial Assessment Center (IAC)
• IMSE, CEMR
• West Virginia University
• August 23, 2007

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Industrial Assessment Center

• West Virginia Development Office, Division of
  Energy funding
• U.S. DOE funding
• Beginning 15th year in IAC program
• Have conducted over 350 energy assessments for
  manufacturing facilities
• Companies can have low to very high annual
  utility costs
• Research publications in energy journals
• Student training
• Focused assessments for wood industry

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Benefits from an energy assessment

• Manufacturing facilities reduce operating costs
• Increase competitive edge
• Reduce emissions
• Become energy lean

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Industrial assessment aspects

• No cost to manufacturing facilities
• One day on site assessment by team of faculty
  leader and students
• Extensive data collection using instruments
• Productivity improvement and waste reduction
  opportunities
• Detailed engineering report submitted to company
• Focus on all electricity, natural gas, and coal
  consuming equipment

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Recent assessments

• PPG, Natrium, WV
• GE Silicones, Sisterville, WV
• Europtech, Clarksburg, WV
• Snyder Manufacturing, Phillippi, WV
• Interstate Hardwoods, Bartow, WV
• Spencer Veneer, Spencer, WV

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Recommended energy savings

• Ten assessment days a year
• Natural gas, 170,000 MMBtu per year
• Electricity, 11 Million Kwh per year
• Cost savings 1.3 million per year
• CO2 emissions saved 43 Millions pounds per year
• Payback on investment less than 2 years on
  average on recommendations
• Average 60 implementation rate

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Thank You