Energy Audit of an Enterprise for Powder Coating and Blasting Details

Abstract

An energy audit of an enterprise for powder coating and blasting details was carried out. The production process in an enterprise was examined. A description of technological processes and technological equipment was made. Primary information regarding energy costs incurred in an enterprise for three year period was collected and analyzed. The baseline for energy consumption, depending on the energy consumption in an enterprise for the considered period of the survey was determined. Specific energy costs of an enterprise before and after energy saving measures was calculated and compared. Energy-saving measures, object of investment intention, were presented. Energy and non-energy cost savings from the applied energy saving measures were analyzed. The increase in productivity and competitiveness of the enterprise as a result of the proposed energysaving measures was shown. On this basis an economic and ecological assessment of the proposed energysaving measures was carried out. Energy savings in an enterprise are presented as saved energy in kWh/year and as saved carbon emissions in tons of CO2/year.