What EnergyIdeas Can Do for Utility Industrial Efficiency Programs

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What EnergyIdeas Can Do for Utility Industrial
Efficiency Programs
Industrial Energy Efficiency Forum For Northwest
Utilities

Rob Penney Senior Energy Engineer March 3, 2006
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Examples of Inquiries

• Engineering calculations
• Management support
• Find a speaker
• Contacts for manufacturers
• Product energy savings assessments

• Corporate energy management
• Program information
• Software tool assistance
• Real-time help from customers plant
• Learn about customers

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Examples of Energy Systems Covered

• Compressed air
• Motors
• Steam
• Pumping
• Process heating
• CHP

• Lighting
• Heating
• Building envelope
• Ventilation
• Materials handling
• Power quality

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Examples of Actual Inquiries

• Can synthetic oil in air compressors save energy?
• How should mercury vapor fixtures be dispose of?
• How do I estimate part-load efficiency of older
  motors?
• Who makes amorphous core dry-type transformers?
• Does compressor brake horsepower calculation
  involve acfm or scfm?

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Sample Newsbriefs

• MOTORS
• Resolving Voltage Quality Problems with AC
  Induction Motors, by Doug Dorr, EPRI Solutions,
  Inc., and Philip Lim, Memphis Light Gas Water.
  The authors first explain major problems
  associated with alternating current induction
  motors. For one, nominal utilization voltage may
  vary from the rated voltage on the nameplate. For
  another, a motor voltage unbalance has a
  proportionally larger imbalance effect on the
  stator windings. The article includes clear and
  valuable information on how to go about
  investigating complex motor voltage quality
  difficulties under various scenarios. Energy
  Matters, Spring 2005, at http//www.oit.doe.gov/be
  stpractices/energymatters/spr2005_motor.shtml
• FANS
• "Know Your Fans," by Khalil Kairouz, Ph.D., P.E.,
  Carollo Engineers, and Dale Price, President, MP
  Air Components, Inc. The authors help correct
  errors in specifying, selecting, operating, and
  maintaining fans and fan systems by clearing up
  the confusion about fan performance. They explain
  the major variables of performance including
  capacity, pressure, efficiency, power, fan/system
  curves, and airstreams. Includes formulae,
  illustrations, and references. Engineered Systems
  (ES), May 2005, at http//www.esmagazine.com/CDA/A
  rticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Item/0,2
  503,150149,00.html

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PTR Assessments

• Energy Director
• Compress Shield
• Fan Wall
• MicroPlanet
• ArticMaster

• Electrical Harmonizer
• Energy Saver
• DeltaP Valve
• Fan Saver

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  Newsbriefs
• Assessment of product energy efficiency claims

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