A decision support tool for cement industry to select energy efficiency measures

Mokhtar, Alireza; Nasooti, Mohsen

doi:10.1016/j.esr.2020.100458

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“…To create Tables A1-A17, we initially followed the approach proposed by [24], identifying the major production processes and corresponding energy efficient technologies by screening the previous literature studies. The solutions identified during this stage were written in black in the tables.…”

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“…Therefore, in the scientific literature, several efforts have already been made to develop a review of the main technologies for overcoming energy problems and minimizing energy consumption [9,17,22,23]. Decision support tools have also been developed to help companies in selecting optimal energy efficiency measures [24]. In this context, a crucial role is played by the Best Available Techniques Reference Documents (BREFs), a series of documents developed by the European Union to review and describe industrial processes, their respective operating conditions, pollution factors, and strategies for improving industrial sustainability.…”

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Technological Energy Efficiency Improvements in Cement Industries

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The cement industry is highly energy-intensive, consuming approximately 7% of global industrial energy consumption each year. Improving production technology is a good strategy to reduce the energy needs of a cement plant. The market offers a wide variety of alternative solutions; besides, the literature already provides reviews of opportunities to improve energy efficiency in a cement plant. However, the technology is constantly developing, so the available alternatives may change within a few years. To keep the knowledge updated, investigating the current attractiveness of each solution is pivotal to analyze real companies. This article aims at describing the recent application in the Italian cement industry and the future perspectives of technologies. A sample of plant was investigated through the analysis of mandatory energy audit considering the type of interventions they have recently implemented, or they intend to implement. The outcome is a descriptive analysis, useful for companies willing to improve their sustainability. Results prove that solutions to reduce the energy consumption of auxiliary systems such as compressors, engines, and pumps are currently the most attractive opportunities. Moreover, the results prove that consulting sector experts enables the collection of updated ideas for improving technologies, thus giving valuable inputs to the scientific research.

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“…The industry that pollutes nature spends the most energy [1]. Energy management is essential in both financial and environmental aspects [2]. Such important questions as energy shortage and increase in GHG emissions, have raised many concerns worldwide about current trends in energy consumption [3].…”

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Optimizing the energy efficiency of higher education institutions

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The article presents the results of research conducted at the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University within the framework of the innovative business incubator and aimed at forming a cross-system approach to energy consumption management. The authors consider the features being typical for most educational institutions, regardless of the profile and specifics. Constant components of energy consumption are taken into account, such as outdoor lighting, scientific equipment, security systems, fire extinguishing systems, equipment of the dining room and buffet, and engineering services. The basis is a mathematical model that allows not only to describe the processes, but also to apply the methods of optimization theory and develop software for effective management of engineering equipment. The authors have used a search method based on the analysis of nonlinear functions. With the purpose of the research, an application with an extension for finding solutions to optimization problems was used in the free software package with the Linux kernel.

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“…Tanushree Bhattacharya and Richa Kapoor are discussing energy savings in India showing that the industry that pollutes nature spends the most energy [7]. Energy management is essential in both financial and environmental aspects [8]. The development of assessment standards for green building in China and the development of green building technologies are studied in [9].…”

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Solving the problem of energy efficiency of remote agricultural farms

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The research focuses on the viability of a mathematical model of energy efficiency of agricultural sector for the case of Russia. The article describes the methodology and results of research aimed at improving energy efficiency in the activities of remote farms of the agro-industrial complex. The emphasis is placed on the application of a scientific approach based on mathematical modeling of work on a limited resource. For this purpose, the most common solutions are SAN (Storage Area Network), while the programs that are common for enterprises of the network are located on cloud servers. The results of the research were applied in a joint project with the Catalan Polytechnic University (Polytechnic University of Catalonia).

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A decision support tool for cement industry to select energy efficiency measures

Cited by 62 publications

References 19 publications

Technological Energy Efficiency Improvements in Cement Industries

Technological Energy Efficiency Improvements in Cement Industries

Optimizing the energy efficiency of higher education institutions

Solving the problem of energy efficiency of remote agricultural farms

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