Abstract
The Weirton Steel Corporation performed a plant-wide energy assessment of its steel mill plant in Weirton, West Virginia. Based on the assessment results, the company found strong economic justification for six projects that would reduce the use of fossil fuel, electrical energy, and water. All of the projects would save fossil fuel either for heating steam or firing the furnace. This savingstotals 108,300 million British thermal units (MMBtu) annually or $1.27 million. Other yearly savings include 119 million gallons of water ($87,110) and 84,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) or $3,357 of electrical energy. All of the projects could be applied to other steel mills and possibly other industries using steam processes and furnaces.
Original language | American English |
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Number of pages | 4 |
State | Published - 2004 |
NREL Publication Number
- NREL/BR-840-33993
Other Report Number
- DOE/GO-102004-1730
Keywords
- annealing furnace
- case study
- comfort heating
- fossil fuel savings
- industrial energy efficiency
- plant-wide assessments
- steam
- steel
- strip dryer
- water pump
- Weirton
- West Virginia