To Insulate the pipes used to Heat
1. LEARN BY YOURSELF & CHALLENGE YOUR WAY OF DOING
WHY
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Reduce the heat losses is reducing the energy consumption and the CO2 Emissions. Insulation is a critical point, if not maintained the system will reduce highly its efficiency !
WHAT
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In most of the processes, we need energy and heat that can be transported by Steam, Oil, Water or Air. The pipes if not insulated will release most of the Heat of the fluid. To reduce it, we can insulate the pipes with different materials
HOW
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if you want to invest :
1 - Evaluate the pipes that are hot and could be concerned by an insulation
2 - Evaluate the potential with an external company is the project is reliable, valuable
3 - Select the best material
4 - Do a step by step insulation by priorities and cover all your pipes
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if you want to maintain the system :
1 - Do an everyday checking to make sure there is no leakage
2 - Follow the efficiency of your system day after day, if there is a decrease it is a sign of leakages
3 - Maintain your system and when there is a leakage, fix it
BENEFITS
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Insulation is costy but the results are impressive.
- Direct energy consumption decrease
- Direct CO2 decrease
- Return on Investment not so long, the benefits will come really early
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There are many insulation materials :
- glass wool
- rock wool
- inox
- aluminium
- PVC
Do the evaluation and select the best for your system
2. COPY & IMPROVE ASSOCIATED BEST PRACTICES
Practice from: SCM Group
Contact: Yasotharan MANIVEL
What: Insulation of 1000 meters pipelines around the factory : Bruckner, Compacting, Woven, Dyeing, Boiler, Printing, ETP and Reverse Osmosis system
Investment: 150 000 INR = 2141 USD
Gains: 1 ton of coal / month, 2,4 TCO2 / month, 5500 Indian RS / month, 78 USD / month
ROI: 8 Years
Practice from: MEGHNA Knit
Contact: Farhan CHOWDHURY
What: Insulation of gas Generator
Investment: 67 287 USD
Gains: 30 129 USD, 401 041 m3 gas / year = 786 tons CO2
ROI: 2,5 Years
Practice from: STRATEGIC
Contact: Judy ZHU
What: Insulation of all the pipes in the factory - control heath loss for steam and oil to reduce coal consumption
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Practice from: WHITE HOUSE
Contact: Yasotharan MANIVEL
What: Insulation of pipes with glasswool fibers
Investment: 285 USD
Practice from: MEGHNA Knit
Contact: Farhan CHOWDHURY
What: Insulation of bare surface, pipes, valves, lines
Investment: 2 089 USD
Gains: 4577 USD/year, 42,744 m3 gas/year, 84 Tons CO2/year
ROI: 6 months
Practice from: KNIT Asia
Contact: Farhan CHOWDHURY
What: Insulation of Steam lines
Investment: 25 000 USD
Gains: 13 000 USD / year
ROI: 2 Years
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