Energy conservation study on Agripac Processing Plant, Salem, Oregon
Abstract
An energy study on electrical energy using systems was performed at Agripac plant No. 1 in Salem, Oregon, in the late summer and fall of 1984. The plant processes mainly green beans, corn and squash. The respective products are inspected, prepared and graded, after which they are either canned or frozen in freeze tunnels or cold storage cells. The canned products are sent through pressure cookers. In the case of green beans and corn, some of the product is frozen in freeze tunnels and dumped into tote bins for the repack operation, while some is packaged in cartons and quick frozen in blast freeze cells. For squash, all the product processed is put into cartons and frozen in the cells. Energy conservation measures were calculated using a simple payback analysis. Conservation measures have been evaluated interactively to avoid overestimating savings, assuming that measures that are cost effective will be implemented as a package. In some cases, mutually exclusive conservation measures have been considered for a single application. These have been presented as an either/or measure. Details of the options are included in the text and the calculation sheets.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Seton, Johnson, and Odell, Inc., Portland, OR (USA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5060562
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/BP-8010993
ON: DE88010993
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FOOD PROCESSING; COMPRESSED AIR; ELECTRIC POWER; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; LIGHTING SYSTEMS; OREGON; PUMPING; REFRIGERATION; SPACE HVAC SYSTEMS; VEGETABLES; WATER; AIR; COMPRESSED GASES; COOLING; ENERGY SYSTEMS; FEDERAL REGION X; FLUIDS; FOOD; GASES; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INDUSTRY; NORTH AMERICA; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLANTS; POWER; PROCESSING; USA; 320303* - Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization- Industrial & Agricultural Processes- Equipment & Processes
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. Energy conservation study on Agripac Processing Plant, Salem, Oregon. United States: N. p., 1985.
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. Energy conservation study on Agripac Processing Plant, Salem, Oregon. United States.
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"Energy conservation study on Agripac Processing Plant, Salem, Oregon". United States.
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abstractNote = {An energy study on electrical energy using systems was performed at Agripac plant No. 1 in Salem, Oregon, in the late summer and fall of 1984. The plant processes mainly green beans, corn and squash. The respective products are inspected, prepared and graded, after which they are either canned or frozen in freeze tunnels or cold storage cells. The canned products are sent through pressure cookers. In the case of green beans and corn, some of the product is frozen in freeze tunnels and dumped into tote bins for the repack operation, while some is packaged in cartons and quick frozen in blast freeze cells. For squash, all the product processed is put into cartons and frozen in the cells. Energy conservation measures were calculated using a simple payback analysis. Conservation measures have been evaluated interactively to avoid overestimating savings, assuming that measures that are cost effective will be implemented as a package. In some cases, mutually exclusive conservation measures have been considered for a single application. These have been presented as an either/or measure. Details of the options are included in the text and the calculation sheets.},
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year = {Tue Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 1985},
month = {Tue Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 1985}
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