Citation Corporation: Compressed Air System Optimization Project Saves Energy and Improves Production at Forging Plant
Abstract
In the 1990s, a subsidiary of the Citation Corporation, Interstate Forging, implemented a compressed air system improvement project at its Milwaukee, Wisconsin, forging plant. This improvement enabled the plant to maintain an adequate and stable pressure level using fewer compressors, which led to improved product quality and lower production downtime. The project also yielded annual energy savings of 820,000 kWh and$45,000. With a total project cost of$67,000, the plant achieved a simple payback of just 1.5 years.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 15003882
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/GO-102003-1654
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-99-GO10337
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Related Information: Industrial Technologies Program BestPractices Case Study
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 42 ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; CASE STUDY; PLANT-WIDE ASSESSMENT; MANUFACTURING; ENERGY SAVINGS; FORGING; COMPRESSED AIR; MILWAUKEE; COMPRESSORS; Industry
Citation Formats
. Citation Corporation: Compressed Air System Optimization Project Saves Energy and Improves Production at Forging Plant. United States: N. p., 2003.
Web. doi:10.2172/15003882.
. Citation Corporation: Compressed Air System Optimization Project Saves Energy and Improves Production at Forging Plant. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/15003882
. 2003.
"Citation Corporation: Compressed Air System Optimization Project Saves Energy and Improves Production at Forging Plant". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/15003882. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/15003882.
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abstractNote = {In the 1990s, a subsidiary of the Citation Corporation, Interstate Forging, implemented a compressed air system improvement project at its Milwaukee, Wisconsin, forging plant. This improvement enabled the plant to maintain an adequate and stable pressure level using fewer compressors, which led to improved product quality and lower production downtime. The project also yielded annual energy savings of 820,000 kWh and$45,000. With a total project cost of$67,000, the plant achieved a simple payback of just 1.5 years.},
doi = {10.2172/15003882},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/15003882},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2003},
month = {Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2003}
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