U.S. DOE Industrial Technologies Program – Technology Delivery Plant-Wide Assessment at PPG Industries, Natrium, WV

Technical Report · Fri Sep 28 00:00:00 EDT 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/916944· OSTI ID:916944

Lester, Stephen R; Wiethe, Jeff; Green, Russell; Guice, Christina; Gopalakrishnan, Bhaskaran; Turton, Richard

PPG and West Virginia University performed a plantwide energy assessment at the PPG’s Natrium, WV chemical plant, an energy-intensive manufacturing facility producing chlor-alkali and related products. Implementation of all the assessment recommendations contained in this report could reduce plant energy consumption by 8.7%, saving an estimated 10,023,192 kWh/yr in electricity, 6,113 MM Btu/yr in Natural Gas, 401,156 M lb/yr in steam and 23,494 tons/yr in coal and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 241 mm lb/yr. The total cost savings would amount to approximately $2.9 mm/yr. Projects being actively implemented will save $1.7 mm/yr; the remainder are undergoing more detailed engineering study.

• Research Organization: PPG Industries
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: FG36-05GO15098
• OSTI ID: 916944
• Report Number(s): DOE-05GO15098; TRN: US200816%%204
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
CARBON DIOXIDE
CHEMICAL PLANTS
COAL
ELECTRICITY
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
IMPLEMENTATION
MANUFACTURING
NATURAL GAS
RECOMMENDATIONS
STEAM
energy assessment
PPG Industries
chlor-alkali
chlorine
sodium hydroxide