Annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are projected to rise significantly over the next several years, according to an analysis of U.S. government reference forecasts. But, in a recently released research report by McKinsey and Company, it is proposed that the U.S. can drastically reduce GHG emissions using tested approaches and high-potential emerging technologies. For the industrial sector, 620 megatons of these reductions would involve pursuing a wide array of abatement options such as:

• Recovering and/or destroying non- CO²  GHGs
• Capturing and storing carbon in industrial settings
• Increasing combined heat and power (CHP) for more efficient power generation
• Improving energy efficiency in the process
• Pursuing process and product innovations

Honeywell offers solutions that can help industrial plants reduce energy consumption by up to 10% and help abate greenhouse gas emissions. Honeywell can help the industrial sector to:  

Purchase energy economically

• Purchase energy feedstock at best prices to meet production plants
• Accurately forecast and monitor energy demand with planning tools
• Determine additional energy that can be sold back to power grid - for plants that generate excess energy

Produce energy economically with improved efficiency

• Allocate best, most efficient energy resources to meet production demand
• Integrate control systems for boilers, CHP, integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), cogeneration and other power sources
• Optimize boilers, turbines, and fuel mix supplying energy – balance supply and demand to minimize let down valves

Produce energy economically by reducing costs

• Reduce heat leakage and waste by monitoring performance of key assets in utilities such as gas turbines and boilers
• Monitor the performance of key assets in the process – furnaces, dryers, columns, steam turbines and compressors
• Reduce heat leakage and waste with advanced sensing technology to determine where there are hot spots/leaks 

Prioritize energy usage and improve process efficiency

• Facilitate offline heat integration simulation studies
• Optimize energy intensive units with advanced control - furnaces, reactors, distillation, drying, recycle and recovery systems
• Balance connected processes to avoid process upsets and loss of product yields
• Improve startup and shutdown procedures to maintain consistent operations

Maintain environment and reduce emissions 

• Trade energy credits by accurately monitoring and reporting emissions
• Avoid penalties for failure to meet compliance reporting requirements  
• Identify poorly performing equipment
• Monitor gas emissions to detect leaks or GHG released
• Predict future performance based on past plant energy input, product throughput and emissions history
• Track GHG abatement/sequestration performance in real-time with historical and predictive reporting

Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) - Business FLEX^®, OptiVision^® and POMSnet - improve plant profitability by enabling plant staff to work more effectively and make better decisions.  Honeywell’s MES systems track and report multiple sources of energy usage information against targets so a single energy management program can be implemented.

Advanced Process Control applications such as Honeywell’s Profit Suite™ helps process manufacturers minimize fuel and other energy costs associated with production as well as improve efficiency by maximizing throughput and yields of the most valuable products. 

Simulation technology such as UniSim^® to model industrial complex energy circuit including suppliers and consumers, heat integration systems and boiler feed water circuits.

Honeywell's energy solutions for utility and industrial power generators optimize processes under constraints imposed by technology and the environment, and help dramatically reduce emissions and improve overall process efficiency by about 1-3 percent.  Additional benefits include reduced heat and power production costs, increased effective boiler operation range, optimized flue gas emissions, extended life of production assets and reduced maintenance.

Honeywell’s Emissions Monitoring solutions help optimize and streamline environmental reporting, track emission credits/allowances, lower associated risk and achieve regulatory compliance through unparalleled air emissions and management solutions.  Our Cirrus Environmental Information System, Predictive Emissions Monitoring System, regulatory support and Title V solutions address data acquisition, record keeping, analysis, notification and reporting.

Burner Management System (BMS) is a safety system that enables the safe startup, operation and shutdown of the multiple-burner furnace section of a boiler. Honeywell ensures the BMS is compliant with applicable codes and regulations.

Honeywell has specific control applications that are integrated with pulp mill controls and measurements to optimize power boiler operations, achieve maximum effectiveness in steam production and allocation, and manage strategies to operate the mill when energy prices are low, and sell energy when the price is high. On the paper machine, advanced measurement and coordinated control solutions from Honeywell achieve water removal in the most energy efficient way possible, while maintaining quality parameters of the finished product.