Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for Breweries: An ENERGY STAR(R) Guide for Energy and Plant Managers

Galitsky, Christina; Martin, Nathan; Worrell, Ernst; Lehman, Bryan

doi:10.2172/819468

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“…Improving energy efficiency, i.e., the reduction of specific energy consumption which we now refer to as energy conservation (EC), is therefore of great importance from a company perspective as it would reduce production costs while increasing productivity and competiveness in the long run (Thollander et al, 2005;Galitsky et al, 2003;Worrell et al, 2001). …”

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Empirical investigation of barriers and drivers to the adoption of energy conservation measures, energy management practices and energy services in the Swedish iron and steel industry

Brunke

Johansson

Thollander

2014

Journal of Cleaner Production

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The Swedish iron and steel industry is focused on the production of advanced steel grades and accounts for about 5% of the country's final energy consumption. Energy efficiency is according to the European Commission a key element for the transition towards a resource-efficient economy. We investigated four aspects that are associated with the adoption of cost-effective energy conservation measures: barriers, drivers, energy management practices and energy services. We used questionnaires and followup telephone interviews to collect data from members of the Swedish steel association.The heterogeneous observations implied a classification into steel producers and downstream actors. For testing the significance, the Mann-Whitney U test was used. The most important barriers were internal economic and behavioural barriers. Energy service companies, in particular third-party financing, played a minor role. In contrast, high importance was attached to energy management as the most important drivers originated from within the company. Energy management practices showed that steel companies are actively engaged in the topic, but need to raise its prioritisation and awareness within the organisation. When sound energy management practices are included, the participants assessed the cost-effective energy conservation potential to be 9.7%, which was 2.4%higher than the potential for solely adopting cost-effective technologies.

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Empirical investigation of barriers and drivers to the adoption of energy conservation measures, energy management practices and energy services in the Swedish iron and steel industry

Brunke

Johansson

Thollander

2014

Journal of Cleaner Production

200

238

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“…Values for carbon dioxide evolved during fermentation were taken from several sources 7,12,22,29,30,31,36,43,46,49 . Steam and electricity generation values were obtained from several literature sources 8,28,36,44,46 . Data was generated for steam and electricity produced using three common brewery fuel sources: coal, petroleum, and natural gas 20,27,48 .…”

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“…Data was generated for steam and electricity produced using three common brewery fuel sources: coal, petroleum, and natural gas 20,27,48 . Water and effluent output values generated in the Felgentraeger and Ricketts 24 equations were checked for accuracy with several literature sources for these values 7,8,11,26,28,29,30,32,33,36,46,50 . It is recognized that effluent treatment charges can differ significantly between locations, however here (as elsewhere) our models are making comparisons on a single location scenario.…”

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Alternative Paradigms for the Production of Beer

Russell

Singh

Bamforth

2008

Journal of the Institute of Brewing

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Without consideration of feasibility from perspectives of quality, acceptability to producer or consumer or legal and taxation implications, we have explored the relative cost and environmental implications of new paradigms for the production of beer. An approach based on the flavouring of a purchased bland alcohol source is the most advantageous from this perspective, followed by one based on the in-house fermentation of a sugar syrup. When compared to the conventional process, these processes provide a range of 2.8 to 73.1% savings for the parameters analysed, which were energy and water usage, carbon dioxide production and effluent production. The largest savings are observed for the water usage parameter, while the smallest difference is seen for specific energy consumption.

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“…All major brewers have developed corporate sustainability statements detailing significant energy reduction as a key production target with positive results 1,13,17,28,30 . Wort boiling continues to be targeted for energy saving, using many different methods including vapour heat recovery, thermal/mechanical vapour recompression and absorption refrigeration.…”

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125th Anniversary Review: Some Recent Engineering Advances in Brewing and Distilling

Andrews¹,

Hancock²,

Ludford-Brooks³

et al. 2011

Journal of the Institute of Brewing

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Some of the more important engineering advances of the last 25 years in brewing and distilling are reviewed. The modern mash filter is compared to lauter tuns. Wort boiling systems, crossflow or membrane filtration, yeast propagation, and process improvements are considered. Approaches taken to reducing energy, water and effluent are highlighted, as is by-product usage. The impact of computers, software, and digital technology on process control, automation, engineering design, and project implementation are reviewed.

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Energy Efficiency Improvement and Cost Saving Opportunities for Breweries: An ENERGY STAR(R) Guide for Energy and Plant Managers

Cited by 43 publications

References 12 publications

Empirical investigation of barriers and drivers to the adoption of energy conservation measures, energy management practices and energy services in the Swedish iron and steel industry

Empirical investigation of barriers and drivers to the adoption of energy conservation measures, energy management practices and energy services in the Swedish iron and steel industry

Alternative Paradigms for the Production of Beer

125th Anniversary Review: Some Recent Engineering Advances in Brewing and Distilling

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