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Austin Energy: Pumping System Improvement Project Saves Energy and Improves Performance at a Power Plant

Description: This two-page performance spotlight describes how, in 2004, Austin Energy (the electric utility for the city of Austin, Texas) began saving about $1.2 million in energy and maintenance costs annually as a direct result of a pumping system efficiency project. The project was designed to improve the efficiency of the circulating water pumping system serving the utility's 405-MW steam turbine. A U.S. Department of Energy Qualified Pumping System Assessment Tool Specialist at Flowserve Corporation … more
Date: June 1, 2005
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Canandaigua Wines: Compressed Air System Upgrade Saves Energy and Improves Performance at a Winery

Description: In June 2004, a U.S. Department of Energy Qualified AIRMaster+ Specialist at Atlas Copco Compressors was asked to review the compressed air system at the Canandaigua Wine Company in Lodi, California, as part of a program to improve industrial energy efficiency. The review prompted a system-level improvement project that enabled the winery to use its compressors more efficiently and to add another, more efficient compressor, saving 218,000 kWh annually and $27,000 in energy and maintenance costs. more
Date: March 2005
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Ford Van Dyke: Compressed Air Management Program Leads to Improvements that Reduce Energy Consumption at an Automotive Transmission Plant

Description: Staff at the Ford Van Dyke Transmission Plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, have increased the efficiency of the plant's compressed air system to enhance its performance while saving energy and improving production. After plant staff identified opportunities for system improvements, a qualified instructor from a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Allied Partner, Scales Air Compressor Corporation, helped to clarify several of them. The resulting improvement measures are yielding energy savings for… more
Date: May 2005
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Kodak: Optimizing the Pumping System Saves Energy and Reduces Demand Charges at a Chemical Plant

Description: This two-page performance spotlight describes how, in 2003, Kodak's facilities in Rochester, New York, significantly improved the energy efficiency of its two lake-water pumping stations to save more than $100,000 annually in energy and maintenance costs. The project reduced energy use by more than 1 million kilowatt-hours per year and allowed fewer pumps to operate at any one time, while maintaining previous pumping performance levels. A U.S. Department of Energy Qualified Pumping System Asses… more
Date: June 1, 2005
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San Jose Mercury News: Compressed Air System Upgrade Increases Efficiency and Saves Energy at a Newspaper Plant

Description: In August 2004, the San Jose Mercury News, a Knight-Ridder company, upgraded the compressed air system at its printing facility in California. Before the upgrade, the compressed air system had been performing erratically and energy costs were on the rise. Therefore, the Mercury News commissioned a system-level evaluation of the compressed air system by Air Perfection, a U.S. Department of Energy Allied Partner. The evaluation estimated potential energy savings and suggested improvements, which … more
Date: June 1, 2005
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