Day-to-Day Energy Optimization for Industrial Plants

MENERG-EN-P

Who should attend?

  • This course aims to optimize energy consumption and operational costs by improving operation of thermal equipment and steam network balance.
Public :
  • Operation, technical staff & supervisors involved in the technology and operation of thermal equipment, and interested in energy consumption optimization of the plant.

Level :Skilled

Prerequisite :
  • Engineer diploma or equivalent experience in process industry.

Course Content

  • ENERGY BALANCE - EFFICIENCY & CONTEXT - Duration : 0.25 Day

      • KPI’s definition (Key Performance Indicators): energy intensity and efficiency, units and use.
      • Motivations and constraints: energy dependence and regulation.
      • Different approaches for energy efficiency: operation improvement, operating conditions optimization, significant improvement solutions, Best Available Techniques (BAT).
  • ENERGY CONSUMPTION INSIDE FURNACES & BOILERS - Duration : 0.75 Day

      • Main type of furnaces and boilers. Operating conditions.
      • Heat balance, efficiency estimate. Scope and limitations to improve efficiency.
      • Material and equipment used to improve efficiency and heat recovery.
      • Applications and exercises:
      • Heater efficiency estimate and flue gas composition calculation.
      • Boiler operating conditions analysis - Heat recovery in radiant and convection zone.
      • Impact of fuel composition on atmospheric emissions.
  • ELECTRICITY & STEAM PRODUCTION - Duration : 1.25 Days

      • Cogeneration cycles: boiler-steam turbine, gas turbine-waste heat boiler.
      • Operating conditions (extraction or discharge pressure, single recovery or post-combustion waste heat boiler’s operation) and thermal performance.
      • Steam network operation and balance. Mechanical energy produced by steam expansion, energy recovery and electricity production optimization.
      • Sources of margin: technology and use of steam traps.
      • Application:
      • Study of a power plant.
      • Estimation of production cost for steam (HP, MP, LP) and electricity.
  • HEAT & MECHANICAL ENERGY RECOVERY - Duration : 1.25 Days

      • Scope and limitations of heat recovery inside heat exchangers. Parameters impacting heat flux and heat transfer.
      • Sources of margin: heat exchangers performance follow-up, impact of fouling, cleaning strategy and optimum cleaning frequency calculation.
      • Low temperature heat recovery: heat pumps solutions or mechanical compression of gases (main operating constraints).
      • Mechanical energy recovery inside process-gas turbines.
      • Application:
      • Heat exchanger train performance follow-up.
      • Optimum cleaning frequency calculation.
  • PROCESS OPERATION - Duration : 0.5 Day

      • Limitation of losses: mechanical (operating conditions) and thermal (insulation).
      • Ways to reduce energy consumption by adjusting operating conditions (pressure, recycle gas flowrate…), thermal integration.
      • Applications:
      • Study of different flow control system on compressor.
      • Impact of a distillation column operating parameters on energy consumption.
      • Impact of a lack of thermal insulation.

Learning Objectives

  • Attendees will be able to implement the following skills:
  • Identify opportunities to improve energy balances on an industrial site,
  • Define operating conditions and means of adjustment to optimize combustion in furnaces and boilers,
  • Identify key points in the production and economic use of steam and electricity in factories.

Ways & Means

  • Practical course and case studies based on industrial feedbacks.
  • Numerous exercises to improve understandings.

Learning assessment

  • Quiz at the end of the training session.

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Coordinator :IFP Training instructors, with expertise in the field and trained in modern teaching methods adapted to the specific needs of learners from the professional world.

To French entities : IFP Training is referenced to DataDock ; you may contact your OPCO about potential funding. Please contact our disabled persons referent to check the accessibility of this training program : referent.handicap@ifptraining.com