Overview

Energy efficiency is one of the ‘hot’ topics of the 21st century and manufacturing processors around the world are trying to come to terms with it.

The possible savings from good energy management are in the range of 30% of current energy expenditures for most processors. In extreme cases, energy savings of up to 50% have been identified with little difficulty.

The measures identified are a mix of short-term rapid payback actions (payback of less than 6 months) and longer-term payback actions (payback of around 18 months).

This course is designed to help set your organisation on the path of reduced energy costs.

Training objectives

• To give participants an overview of the topic of energy management
• To provide participants with the ability to evaluate and benchmark their company’s current approach to energy cost management
• To help companies through the current economic crisis by cutting costs painlessly
• To offer practical tips for identifying and delivering real energy and cost savings across sites
• To develop action plans to reduce carbon footprint

Audience

This course is relevant for anyone working in the processing industries.

Format

An interactive and practical one-day programme.

Special features

For maximum return on investment, we suggest that the trainer perform a site survey in advance of the training taking place.

The expert trainer

To be announced.

Course outline

1 Introduction to energy management

• The drivers
• What can we save?
• The costs and efforts
• The vital questions
• Energy, financial and technical management – where are we now?
• Awareness and information – where are we now?
• Action plan for management issues

2 Services

• Power supply
• Motors
• Compressed air
• Chilled water
• Drying
• Vacuum services
• Hydraulics
• Steam systems
• Action plan for services

3 Processing

• Plastics and rubber processing
• Ceramics processing
• Crushing and grinding
• Mixing and blending
• Baking and curing
• Machining, forming and fabrication
• Tanks and vats
• Treatment booths and cabinets
• High temperature processes
• Mechanical handling
• Action plan for processing

Note: The topics covered in this section will vary depending on the delegates. We will survey the delegates at the start of the course to ensure that all the relevant processes for the delegates are covered.

4 Operations

• Maintenance
• Start-up / Standby / Shut-down
• Setting sheets
• Process control
• Action plan for operations

5 Site surveys

• Process
• Preparation
• Output
• Maintaining momentum
• Process
• Action plan for site surveys