Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for the Glass Industry. An ENERGY STAR Guide for Energy and Plant Managers
Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for the Glass Industry. An ENERGY STAR Guide for Energy and Plant Managers
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玻璃行业提高能源效率和节省成本的机会。
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2008
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W. Graus
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C. Galitsky;E. Worrell;E. Masanet;W. Graus
美国玻璃工业由四个主要行业组成-平板玻璃，容器玻璃，特种玻璃和玻璃纤维-每年共消耗16亿美元的能源。平均而言，美国玻璃行业的能源成本约占玻璃生产总成本的14%。提高能源效率是降低这些成本和增加可预测收入的一个重要途径，特别是在能源价格剧烈波动的时期。美国玻璃行业的各个工厂都有各种机会以具有成本效益的方式降低能耗。本能源指南讨论了可在组件、流程、系统和组织层面实施的能源效率实践和能源效率技术。沿着对美国玻璃工业的发展趋势、结构和能耗特点进行了讨论，并对玻璃制造的主要工艺步骤进行了描述。根据全球玻璃生产设施和相关行业实际应用的案例研究数据，给出了许多能源效率措施在能源和能源相关成本方面的预期节省。还提供了典型的措施回收期和技术文献中更多信息的参考（如有）。本能源指南中的信息旨在帮助美国玻璃行业的能源和工厂管理人员以具有成本效益的方式减少能源消耗，同时保持所制造产品的质量。需要进一步研究这些措施的经济性及其对不同生产做法的适用性，以评估个别工厂实施选定技术的可能性。
The U.S. glass industry is comprised of four primary industry segments--flat glass, container glass, specialty glass, and fiberglass--which together consume $1.6 billion in energy annually. On average, energy costs in the U.S. glass industry account for around 14percent of total glass production costs. Energy efficiency improvement is an important way to reduce these costs and to increase predictable earnings, especially in times of high energy price volatility. There is a variety of opportunities available at individual plants in the U.S. glass industry to reduce energy consumption in a cost-effective manner. This Energy Guide discusses energy efficiency practices and energy-efficient technologies that can be implemented at the component, process, system, and organizational levels. A discussion of the trends, structure, and energy consumption characteristics of the U.S. glass industry is provided along with a description of the major process steps in glass manufacturing. Expected savings in energy and energy-related costs are given for many energy efficiency measures, based on case study data from real-world applications in glass production facilities and related industries worldwide. Typical measure payback periods and references to further information in the technical literature are also provided, when available. The information in this Energy Guide is intended to help energy and plant managers in the U.S. glass industry reduce energy consumption in a cost-effective manner while maintaining the quality of products manufactured. Further research on the economics of the measures--as well on as their applicability to different production practices--is needed to assess potential implementation of selected technologies at individual plants.