Abstract
This U.S. Department of Energy Industrial Technologies Program case study describes how, in 2003, PCS Nitrogen, Inc., improved the efficiency of the combustion fan on a boiler at the company's chemical fertilizer plant in Augusta, Georgia. The project saved $420,000 and 76,400 million British thermal units (MBtu) per year. In addition, maintenance needs declined, because there is now less stresson the fan motor and bearings and less boiler feed water usage. This project was so successful that the company has implemented more efficiency improvements that should result in energy cost savings of nearly $1 million per year.
| Original language | American English |
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| Number of pages | 4 |
| State | Published - 2005 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/BR-840-35810
Other Report Number
- DOE/GO-102005-1890
Keywords
- case study
- chemical fertilizer plant
- combustion fan
- DOE
- industrial energy efficiency
- industrial technologies program (ITP)
- nitrogen
- PCS Nitrogen