As large energy users – both for raw materials and fuel – all chemical manufacturers are under pressure to put measures in place to mitigate climate change and be better stewards of limited natural resources. Added to that, you’re challenged to reduce the cost of production while balancing higher energy costs against a need to conserve feedstock for high-value applications. Without a full understanding of your plant’s energy needs and where you may be losing energy, you’ve lost the opportunity to increase your energy efficiency.
Whether you’re building a new plant or modernizing an existing one, Emerson’s industry consultants and SmartProcess Applications can help your operation achieve the flexibility and optimized performance needed to reduce variability, minimize energy usage, and increase yield of preferred products.
Taking a holistic approach to help you use energy better, we begin at the device level, looking at valve performance and evaluating the suitability of your instruments for their function. We then examine the mechanical equipment itself -- optimizing boilers, steam headers, burner systems, fired heaters, optimizing distillation trains, and turbines/generators. Finally, our process control experts analyze your control devices and control strategies and make recommendations geared toward helping improve energy efficiency.
