Energy Assessment Helps Kaiser Aluminum Save Energy and Improve Productivity; DOE Software Adopted as Standard for Analyzing Plant Process Heating Systems Company-Wide

Technical Report · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2008

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/935112· OSTI ID:935112

This case study describes how the Kaiser Aluminum plant in Sherman, Texas, achieved annual savings of $360,000 and 45,000 MMBtu, and improved furnace energy intensity by 11.1% after receiving a DOE Save Energy Now energy assessment and implementing recommendations to improve the efficiency of its process heating system.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 935112
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102008-2561; TRN: US200815%%387
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) Save Energy Now (SEN) Case Study
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
42 ENGINEERING
ALUMINIUM
EFFICIENCY
FURNACES
HEATING SYSTEMS
PRODUCTIVITY
RECOMMENDATIONS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY
CASE STUDY
DOE
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM
SAVE ENERGY NOW
PROCESS HEATING SYSTEM EFFICIENCY
KAISER ALUMINUM
KAISER
ALUMINUM EXTRUSION PLANT
ALUMINUM
PLANT ASSESSMENTS
TEXAS
Industry