Analysis of natural gas consumption and energy saving measures for small and medium-sized industries in the greater Toronto area

10.32920/ryerson.14648373 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Altamash Ahmad Baig

Keyword(s):

Natural Gas ◽

Energy Saving ◽

Cost Savings ◽

Powder Coating ◽

Industrial Sites ◽

Greater Toronto Area ◽

Packaged Goods ◽

Variable Frequency Drives ◽

Gas Consumption ◽

Finishing Processes

A total of 15 energy (natural gas) audits were conducted for industrial sites from food processing, packaged goods and finishing processes (powder coating) sector. Natural gas consumptions, performances of major gas consuming equipment and savings from proposed energy measures were analyzed for the audited sites. Proposed energy saving measures included reduction in non-productive consumption, tune-up of gas-fired equipment, optimization of boiler loads, heat recovery through feedwater economizer and reduction in oven exhaust using variable frequency drives (VFDs). Gas savings achieved by employing VFDs showed great potential ranging from 13% to 49% of oven consumptions while savings for feedwater economizer ranged from 3.4% to 18.4% of boiler consumptions. Other measures mentioned above, though relatively simpler to implement, also showed potential of considerable savings. Associated fuel cost savings and the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions were also estimated. Furthermore, a MATLAB program was created to calculate boiler efficiencies.

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Analysis of natural gas consumption and energy saving measures for powder coating and food processing companies in the Greater Toronto area (GTA)

10.32920/ryerson.14649009.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Md Maniruzzaman Akan

Keyword(s):

Energy Consumption ◽

Natural Gas ◽

Production Scheduling ◽

Energy Intensity ◽

Performance Indicator ◽

Powder Coating ◽

Greater Toronto Area ◽

Gas Consumption ◽

Natural Gas Consumption ◽

Heating Degree Days

Small and medium industries (SMEs) savings analysis and meaningful performance indicators can help Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc., and individual SMEs make effective decisions to improve facility performance. For this study, information on 11 SMEs’ energy consumption has been provided. This entails: preliminary benchmarking, separation of process and seasonal energy consumption, heating degree days, individual facilities owned reference temperature, normalized annual energy consumption, normalized process and seasonal energy consumption, oven energy consumption, energy balance of oven, energy intensity of oven, and non-productive energy consumption. The most appropriate performance indicator is energy intensity of oven-in bake ovens, cure ovens, and dry-off ovens. The results observed energy intensity in terms of natural gas consumption of bake ovens are from 24m3/ft3 to 30m3/ft3, where the intensity of ovens with finishing process companies are from 8m3/ft3 to 36m3/ft3. Potential natural gas savings from the facilities processing powder coating and baking are 19% to 53% of total oven energy consumption by reducing exhaust energy loss. In the same study observed in analyzing production scheduling, that 8% to 69% of energy consumption can be saved by proper shut-down operation and scheduling.

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Analysis of natural gas consumption and energy saving measures for powder coating and food processing companies in the Greater Toronto area (GTA)

10.32920/ryerson.14649009 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Md Maniruzzaman Akan

Keyword(s):

Energy Consumption ◽

Natural Gas ◽

Production Scheduling ◽

Energy Intensity ◽

Performance Indicator ◽

Powder Coating ◽

Greater Toronto Area ◽

Gas Consumption ◽

Natural Gas Consumption ◽

Heating Degree Days

Small and medium industries (SMEs) savings analysis and meaningful performance indicators can help Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc., and individual SMEs make effective decisions to improve facility performance. For this study, information on 11 SMEs’ energy consumption has been provided. This entails: preliminary benchmarking, separation of process and seasonal energy consumption, heating degree days, individual facilities owned reference temperature, normalized annual energy consumption, normalized process and seasonal energy consumption, oven energy consumption, energy balance of oven, energy intensity of oven, and non-productive energy consumption. The most appropriate performance indicator is energy intensity of oven-in bake ovens, cure ovens, and dry-off ovens. The results observed energy intensity in terms of natural gas consumption of bake ovens are from 24m3/ft3 to 30m3/ft3, where the intensity of ovens with finishing process companies are from 8m3/ft3 to 36m3/ft3. Potential natural gas savings from the facilities processing powder coating and baking are 19% to 53% of total oven energy consumption by reducing exhaust energy loss. In the same study observed in analyzing production scheduling, that 8% to 69% of energy consumption can be saved by proper shut-down operation and scheduling.

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Criteria, Indicators, and Factors of the Sustainable Energy-Saving Economic Development: The Case of Natural Gas Consumption

Energies ◽

10.3390/en14185999 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (18) ◽

pp. 5999

Author(s):

Olexandr Yemelyanov ◽

Anastasiya Symak ◽

Tetyana Petrushka ◽

Olena Vovk ◽

Oksana Ivanytska ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Natural Gas ◽

Energy Saving ◽

Sustainable Energy ◽

The State ◽

Resource Saving ◽

State Economy ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Gas Consumption ◽

Natural Gas Consumption

To solve the contradiction between achieving long-term economic growth and reducing the consumption of certain types of resources, the concept of sustainable resource saving economic development must be put into practice. The purpose of this research is to establish criteria, develop indicators, and identify factors of the sustainable energy-saving economic development, as well as to test the developed theoretical provisions using the example of natural gas consumption by different countries. To achieve this goal, various methods were used, including economic and mathematical modeling, time series analysis, factor analysis, regression analysis, and so on. The criteria were formalized, according to which a certain type of economic development can be attributed to energy saving both at the level of the state economy as a whole and at the level of individual industries and enterprises. It was established that the formalized criteria of the sustainable energy-saving economic development have the form of chains of inequalities, and their application makes it possible to identify the general conditions for ensuring this type of development. The main properties of energy-saving economic development were identified. They include the pace of this development, its potential, balance, permanence, and other characteristics. Indicators that can be used to quantify these characteristics were developed. The factors influencing the scale and time characteristics of sustainable energy-saving economic development at the level of the state economy and that of industries and individual enterprises, were systematized. The dynamics of natural gas consumption in different countries was analyzed. The reasons for the lack of energy-saving natural gas economic development in some countries were identified. A quantitative assessment of the properties of this type of economic development by country was conducted. The influence of some factors on the parameters of the sustainable energy-saving natural gas economic development of countries was analyzed. The existence of a negative effect of the rebound in the consumption of natural gas was established at certain intervals in some countries. The obtained results provide an opportunity to increase the degree of understanding of the complex patterns that underlie the sustainable energy-saving economic development of states, industries, and enterprises. These results can also be used in the development of government programs to stimulate energy conservation.

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The role of domestic natural gas consumption in the development of the Russian economy

Problems of Economics and Management of Oil and Gas Complex ◽

10.33285/1999-6942-2020-3(183)-21-30 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 21-30

Author(s):

A.P. Dzyuba ◽

Keyword(s):

Natural Gas ◽

Russian Economy ◽

Gas Consumption ◽

Natural Gas Consumption

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Research of pressure influence in the gas supply system on the energy consuption level of gas devices

JOURNAL OF HYDROCARBON POWER ENGINEERING ◽

10.31471/2311-1399-2019-2(12)-56-63 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 56-63

Author(s):

L. D. Pylypiv ◽

І. І. Maslanych

Keyword(s):

Natural Gas ◽

Residential Buildings ◽

Supply System ◽

Normal Operation ◽

Gas Combustion ◽

Efficient Operation ◽

Gas Consumption ◽

Natural Gas Combustion ◽

Gas Supply

There are investigated the influence of operating pressures in the gas supply system on the level of such energy indicators as efficiency, gas flow and gas overrun by gas equipment in residential buildings. There is established a relationship between the values of operating pressures in the gas supply system and the gas consumption level of household appliances. The causes of insufficient pressure in the gas networks of settlements are analyzed in the article. There is also developed an algorithm for calculating the change in the efficiency of gas appliances depending on the operational parameters of the gas network. It has been found that the most efficient operation of gas appliances is observed at an overpressure at the inlet of gas appliances of about 1200 Pa.To ensure the required quality of natural gas combustion among consumers and minimize gas consumption there are justified the following measures in the article: coordinating a domestic regulatory framework for assessing the quality of natural gas with international norms and standards; improving the preparation of gas coming from local wells before supplying it to gas distribution networks; auditing low pressure gas pipelines and reconstructing areas affected by corrosion; ensuring standard gas pressure in the network for the normal operation of domestic gas appliances; stating quality indicators of natural gas combustion by gas sales organizations.

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EXPERIENCE, PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN CHINA AND TURKMENISTAN IN THE FIELDOF NATURAL GAS

Political Science Issues ◽

10.35775/psi.2019.33.3.012 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 323-329

Author(s):

Y. JIA

Keyword(s):

Natural Gas ◽

Central Asia ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

The European Union ◽

Multilateral Cooperation ◽

Industrial Chain ◽

The Usa ◽

Gas Consumption ◽

Slow Progress ◽

Natural Gas Consumption

Since 2007, the use of natural gas in China depends on the import, and with an increase in natural gas consumption, gas imports are also constantly growing. In 2018, Chinas natural gas imports approached 100 billion cubic meters, which is 70 times more than in 2006. In recent years, increasing attention has been paid to the use of natural gas in China. Turkmenistan is Chinas main source of pipeline gas imports, and China is Turkmenistans largest exporter of natural gas. In the framework of the traditional model of oil and gas cooperation, China and Turkmenistan are facing such problems as the uniform content of cooperation, lack of close ties in the field of multilateral cooperation and slow progress in the development of the entire industrial chain. Cooperation between China and Central Asia in the field of oil and gas is increasingly affecting the nerves of other countries, except the five countries of Central Asia, but including Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Iran and other countries of the Middle East, Japan, South Korea, etc. and even the European Union and the USA. Despite the favorable trading environment for both parties, there are also problems in the domestic market of Turkmenistan and the risks of international competition.

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