Vulcan puts energy savings at over $2 million per year

Journal Article · · Cogeneration; (United States)

OSTI ID:6778852

Vulcan Chemicals put in a 34-MW gas turbine cogeneration system to expand production and cut costs at its Wichita plant and is now planning a 100-MW facility for a plant in Louisiana. Vulcan's primary interest in cogeneration was to reduce total plant energy costs - which accounted for about 50% of manufacturing cost - while supplying electric power for a planned 40% increase in chlorine/caustic production. Those goals have been met with these results: cogenerated electric power has more than offset the amount of purchase power that would otherwise be needed for increased chloroalkali production; waste heat steam produced has reduced overall plant need for separate steam generation (industrial boilers) by over 60 per cent; net savings is conservatively put at more than $2 million per year so far - compared to buying power from the utility and operating industrial boilers for process steam.

• OSTI ID: 6778852
• Journal Information: Cogeneration; (United States), Vol. 1:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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