Pechiney Rolled Products: Plant-Wide Energy Assessment Identifies Opportunities to Optimize Aluminum Casting and Rolling Operations

Karen Atkison

    Research output: NREL › Brochure

    Abstract

    A Pechiney Rolled Products plant focused on various aluminum casting processes during a PWA. The assessment revealed potential annual savings of 460,000 MMBtu in natural gas, 9.6 million kWh in electricity, 69 million pounds in CO2, and $2.5 million.
    Original languageAmerican English
    Number of pages4
    StatePublished - 2004

    NREL Publication Number

    • NREL/BR-840-35809

    Other Report Number

    • DOE/GO-102004-1889

    Keywords

    • aluminum
    • case study
    • casting
    • CO2
    • electricity
    • industrial energy efficiency
    • ingot
    • melting
    • metals
    • natural gas
    • Pechiney
    • plant-wide assessments
    • PWA
    • reheating
    • rolled products

    UN SDGs

    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy

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