Compressed Air System Upgrade Improves Production at an Automotive Glass Plant

Program Document · Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2003

OSTI ID:15003591

In 2000, The Visteon automotive glass plant improved its compressed air system at its automotive glass plant in Nashville, Tennessee. This improvement allowed Visteon to save $711,000 annually, reduce annual energy consumption by 7.9 million kilowatt-hours, reduce maintenance, improve system performance, and avoid $800,000 in asbestos abatement costs.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 15003591
• Report Number(s): DOE/GO-102002-1657; TRN: US200434%%83
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 1 Feb 2003; Related Information: Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Glass BestPractices Project Case Study
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
42 ENGINEERING
ASBESTOS
COMPRESSED AIR
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
GLASS
MAINTENANCE
PERFORMANCE
PRODUCTION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
INDUSTRY
INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY
CASE STUDY
PLANT-WIDE ASSESSMENT
GLASS PLANT
COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEM
AIR LEAKS
COMPRESSORS