Highlights of Industrial Energy Audits with Application in Paper Product Manufacturing

Experience in executing comprehensive energy audits in varied industrial plants has resulted in a basic audit methodology and has revealed several interesting energy conservation opportunities applicable to paper products manufacturing. The most difficult and important part of an energy audit is the data collection that is necessary to fully understand the energy flows in the facility. Although many common opportunities exist that can be found in check lists, many opportunities are discovered only by a thorough understanding of the distribution of energy consumption that comes from detailed measurements and data analysis