Meet emisson targets and reduce costs
September 1st 2007 Business as a whole
contributes
approximately 40% of
the UK's total of 648m tonnes
of CO2 emission each year.
Wasted energy and poor
energy efficiency costs an
estimated £2bn each year and
this significantly contributes to
the UK's 'Carbon Footprint'.
So, what can we do to
reduce CO2 emissions?
Options for reducing energy
consumption are numerous
and a visit to www.eca.gov.uk
to review the ETL list of approved energy
saving products provides plenty of
approved methods.
The threat to the planet, legislative
pressure and its associated financial 'forfeit'
and the opportunity to reduce operating
costs is motivating industry and commerce
to seek and apply energy saving solutions.
One such way to reduce emissions is to
upgrade the controls on industrial
burner/boiler plant; This is a relatively low
cost, yet effective, option giving typical
emissions/fuel reductions greater than 5%
and paybacks of 2 to 3 years.
An average industrial boiler producing
steam or hot water for heating or process
has a carbon footprint in excess of 16,000
tonnes of CO2 pa.
Upgrading or
specifying the latest
electronic
combustion control
for industrial
burners will provide
a short pay-back
route to reducing
energy costs and
emissions; this
equipment
improves
combustion
efficiency and more
significantly reduces waste by better
control or utilisation of the boiler plant.
Geoff Skinner, sales and support manger
of Energy Technology & Control. says
that the controls industry is playing a part
in reducing emissions. He estimates that
the global installed base of electronic
burner controls is already saving more
than 50 million tonnes of CO2 emissions
per annum and that there are more
burners without these controls than there
are with them meaning that there are for
many more opportunities to upgrade and
to reduce emissions and fuel
consumption.
Potential CO2 emission reductions and
fuel savings achieved from the installation
of electronic combustion control on your
burner/boiler"
up to 5% better utilisation from boiler
sequence control
up to 10% waste avoidance from
increased turndown
a typical 1% efficiency improvement
from precise and repeatable control.
a typical 3.5% efficiency improvement
from oxygen trim.
up to 10% waste avoidance from
Setback option.
80% electricity efficiency improvement
by using VSD control on the air fan.
A single electronic integrated
combustion control has the functions
necessary to maximise all of the above
benefits:
CO2 savings are dependant on existing
control arrangements and the application
of the boiler and will differ from site to site.
However, it is unlikely that the combined
reductions from the installation of a new
control will be more than 10%.
Additional benefits from updating your
burner control include improved safety,
reduced maintenance downtime as well as
the ability to interface to modern Building
Management Systems and data
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