Quick-Hit Operational Efficiencies

Keep track of energy usage, benchmark performance, identify performance gaps and opportunities for improvement The first step in considering an online energy management solution is to develop an energy dashboard to measure real-time energy consumption against projected or current values.  This involves capturing energy data related to the process and organizing it in a way that allows users to quickly identify where the big energy consumers are and how well they are doing against objectives.  Learn more about Honeywell's Energy Dashboard. Increase boiler and turbine efficiency Industrial generation plants provide steam and power to the process units and may also supply electricity to the grid at times of excess capacity. These plants contribute significantly to the overall energy and CO2 footprint of the operation. One of the keys to reducing energy costs is balancing changing energy demands from the process with adequate supply from the utilities plant without wasting energy by keeping spare capacity on standby. Learn more about Advanced Energy Solutions for industrial utilities... Effective fuel feedstock planning and scheduling Refiners and petrochemical plants can purchase energy more economically using planning and scheduling applications to optimize how the plant meets forecasted demand over an extended period. Planners consider a variety of crude oil feed-stocks and how they might be blended to keep the plant full and still meet demand. Information about yield and quality data of different crude fractions provides input to the operational plan along with knowledge of process unit configuration, material availability and price. Learn more about Honeywell's Planning and Scheduling tools... Measure, measure measure It’s hard to improve something you can’t measure. While it is relatively common for process streams in plants and mills to have sufficient instrumentation, the utilities systems that support production are often not as well instrumented.  This can make it impossible to determine where unnecessary consumption or leaks are occurring. Wireless instrumentation is an easy, low cost way to obtain essential information to measure your key energy indicators and feed into your reduction strategy. Learn more about OneWireless... Use less energy – but not at the expense of production Multivariable, predictive control and optimization applications can be used to maximize throughput and yields, and minimize energy use. This tool is relatively inexpensive and very suitable for incorporating energy strategies into overall operating objectives because the approach minimizes energy use, but not at the expense of maintaining yield and quality. Learn more about Profit Suite Advanced Process Control... Improve the efficiency of your people Implementing an energy management program often includes procedural changes. These changes are integral to the success of the program in meeting its energy efficiency and emissions reduction goals. To make this as successful as possible, effective training and automating simple procedures can increase the ROI of the program. Learn more about Procedural Operations... and more about UniSim Operator Training Simulation... Build energy efficiency into new process design At the planning stage of a new plant/mill, or a significant expansion/retrofit, some consideration should be given to the energy and environmental efficiency in the design. Simulation tools allow you to incorporate energy objectives into the design phase, and empower you to interactively make decisions by getting immediate responses to energy use assumptions. Learn more about UniSim Design... Want some quick hits? Contact Honeywell to get the Energy Dashboard; assess your performance, and work with Honeywell to address the highest ROI projects first. Want help with a long-term energy management strategy? Honeywell has resources to uncover all the energy savings potential in your process areas, as well as full design, implementation and results optimization capabilities