Energieeffizienz in der Elektrothermischen Prozesstechnik

authored by

Egbert Baake, Franz Beneke

Abstract

The industrial "process heat" consumption sector dominates in total final-energy consumption by German industry, with a share of around two thirds. Of this amount, around 13%, equivalent to 65 TeraWatt hours [1], are accounted for by electrical power, and the remainder by direct use of fossil fuels. The result is that process heat, at 27%, is the second largest industrial consumer of electricity after mechanical energy. Despite the high development status of the electrical processes and technologies now in use, there continue to be many diverse potentials for the saving of energy which must be systematically exploited in future, on both micro- and macrqecqnomic criteria. The following article indicates how a range of approaches make it possible to fully quantify and exploit potentials for the enhancement of energy-efficiency in electrothermal processing systems.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Electrothermic Process Engineering

External Organisation(s)

Machinery and Equipment Manufacturers Association (VDMA)

Type

Contribution in non-scientific journal

Journal

Elektrowärme international (EWI)

Pages

243-247

No. of pages

5

ISSN

2367-1130

Publication date

12.2008

Publication status

Published

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy