TY - GEN
T1 - Energy efficiency opportunities in the U.S. pulp and paper industry
AU - Kramer, Klaas Jan
AU - Masanet, Eric
AU - Worrell, Ernst
N1 - Funding Information:
This work has been carried out in the frame of a research project (GZ: RZ 11/1-1) within the DFG Priority Programme 1740: ?Reactive Bubbly Flows? funded by the DFG.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The U.S. pulp and paper industry consumes over $7 billion worth of purchased fuels and electricity per year. Energy efficiency improvement is an important way to reduce these costs and to increase predictable earnings, especially in times of high energy price volatility. There are a variety of opportunities available at individual plants in the U.S. pulp and paper industry to reduce energy consumption in a cost-effective manner. This paper provides a brief overview of the new U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR® for Industry energy efficiency guidebook (a.k.a. the "Energy Guide") for pulp and paper manufacturers. The Energy Guide discusses a wide range of energy efficiency practices and energy-efficient technologies that can be implemented at the component, process, facility, and organizational levels. Also provided is a discussion of the trends, structure, and energy consumption characteristics of the U.S. pulp and paper industry along with a description of the major process technologies used within the industry. Many energy efficiency measure descriptions include expected savings in energy and energy-related costs, based on case study data from real-world applications in pulp and paper mills and related industries worldwide. The information in this Energy Guide is intended to help energy and plant managers in the U.S. pulp and paper industry reduce energy consumption in a cost-effective manner while maintaining the quality of products manufactured. Further research on the economics of all measures-as well as on their applicability to different production practices-is needed to assess their cost effectiveness at individual plants.
AB - The U.S. pulp and paper industry consumes over $7 billion worth of purchased fuels and electricity per year. Energy efficiency improvement is an important way to reduce these costs and to increase predictable earnings, especially in times of high energy price volatility. There are a variety of opportunities available at individual plants in the U.S. pulp and paper industry to reduce energy consumption in a cost-effective manner. This paper provides a brief overview of the new U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR® for Industry energy efficiency guidebook (a.k.a. the "Energy Guide") for pulp and paper manufacturers. The Energy Guide discusses a wide range of energy efficiency practices and energy-efficient technologies that can be implemented at the component, process, facility, and organizational levels. Also provided is a discussion of the trends, structure, and energy consumption characteristics of the U.S. pulp and paper industry along with a description of the major process technologies used within the industry. Many energy efficiency measure descriptions include expected savings in energy and energy-related costs, based on case study data from real-world applications in pulp and paper mills and related industries worldwide. The information in this Energy Guide is intended to help energy and plant managers in the U.S. pulp and paper industry reduce energy consumption in a cost-effective manner while maintaining the quality of products manufactured. Further research on the economics of all measures-as well as on their applicability to different production practices-is needed to assess their cost effectiveness at individual plants.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84865761671&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84865761671&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84865761671
SN - 9781605607115
T3 - World Energy Engineering Congress, WEEC 2008
SP - 553
EP - 571
BT - World Energy Engineering Congress, WEEC 2008
T2 - World Energy Engineering Congress, WEEC 2008
Y2 - 1 October 2008 through 3 October 2008
ER -