Barriers to improving energy efficiency within the process industries with a focus on low grade heat utilisation
Barriers to improving energy efficiency within the process industries with a focus on low grade heat utilisation
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.10.038
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发表时间：
2012-03
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
Conor J. Walsh;P. Thornley
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作者：
Conor J. Walsh;P. Thornley
过程工业是全球重要的能源消费者，对全球温室气体排放做出了重大贡献。有必要降低生产的能源强度和相应的温室气体排放，但实现这一目标存在重大的技术和非技术障碍。与英国工业和学术利益相关者的协商确定，成本，投资回报和技术性能是过程工业能源效率提高的主要障碍。然而，对于低品位的热利用，利益相关者参与和战略测绘发现，“位置”和对基础设施资本支持的需求是最关键的因素。还确定了大量的体制问题，这些问题有助于解释为什么即使效率措施带来环境和经济效益；它们不是由行业实施的。
Process industries are significant global energy consumers, contributing substantially to global greenhouse gas emissions. There is a need to reduce the energy intensity of production and corresponding greenhouse gas emissions, but there are significant technical and non-technical barriers to achieving this. Consultation with industrial and academic stakeholders in the UK established that cost, return on investment and technology performance were key barriers to process industry energy efficiency improvements. However, for low grade heat utilization, stakeholder engagement and strategic mapping found that ‘location’ and the need for capital support for infrastructure were the most critical factors. A large number of institutional issues were also identified which help to explain why, even when efficiency measures deliver environmental and economic benefits; they are not implemented by industry.