Plant Engineers and Managers Guide to Energy Conservation
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Plant Engineers and Managers Guide to Energy Conservation

  1. 500 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Plant Engineers and Managers Guide to Energy Conservation

About this book

Completely revised and updated, this tenth edition of a bestseller covers both management and technical strategies for slashing energy costs by as much as 40 percentin industrial facilities. Itdiscusses cogeneration, gas distributed generation technologies, steam system optimization, geothermal heat pumps, energy outsourcing, electricity purchasing strategies, and power quality case studies. Italso provides guidelines for life cycle costing, electrical system optimization, lighting and HVAC system efficiency improvement, mechanical and process system performance, building energy loss reduction, financing energy projects, and more.

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Information

Publisher
River Publishers
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9781439856062
eBook ISBN
9781000356052
Edition
10
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Energy

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1 The Role of the Plant Engineer in Energy Management
  9. Chapter 2 Energy Economic Decision Making
  10. Chapter 3 The Facility Survey
  11. Chapter 4 Electrical System Optimization
  12. Chapter 5 Utility and Process System Optimization
  13. Chapter 6 Heat Transfer
  14. Chapter 7 Reducing Building Energy Losses
  15. Chapter 8 Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning System Optimization
  16. Chapter 9 Cogeneration: Theory and Practice
  17. Chapter 10 Establishing a Maintenance Program for Plant Efficiency and Energy Savings
  18. Chapter 11 Managing an Effective Energy Conservation Program
  19. Chapter 12 Electric Motors
  20. Chapter 13 Reliable and Economic Natural Gas Distributed Generation Technologies
  21. Chapter 14 Financing Energy Efficiency Projects
  22. Chapter 15 Cost Containment Design for Commercial Geothermal Heat Pumps
  23. Chapter 16 Economic Evaluations for Power Quality Solutions
  24. Chapter 17 Purchasing Strategies for Electricity
  25. Chapter 18 Evaluating The Economics of Solar Applications for Commercial & Industrial Facilities
  26. Chapter 19 Measurement and Verification of Energy Efficiency Savings in Industrial Facilities: The Flaw of Using Energy Intensities To Determine Savings
  27. Chapter 20 Superior Energy Performance: A Roadmap for Achieving Continual Energy Performance Improvement
  28. Chapter 21 Steam System Optimization: A Case Study
  29. Chapter 22 Energy Audit Case Study: Log Home Manufacturer
  30. Chapter 23 Power Quality Case Studies
  31. Index