Actually there
are very obvious and substantial economical
advantages in good behaviour within sustainable process heating.
They are
based on the three green key elements :
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Low Total Costs
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High Efficiencies
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Low Emissions
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Low Total Cost
is of course a most obvious and important feature to good
economy. But it must be considered as
the
total life-cycle cost, also known as LCC and that
makes things much more difficult. The total
cost for the product / solution in question is not only the purchase price,
but also the accumulated long-term costs during operation and maintenance,
- the indirect costs due to down-time in production and the investment
spread out to the total service life of the product. Things are
related - low LCC is not only good economy for the user, it also offers a
substantial environmental feature by minimising both pollution
(emission) and
energy consumption related not only to the operation, but also to the disposal and replacement of material that
has been produced in other expensive energy consuming processes.
In other words - "cheap buy can be very expensive".
AB&CO offers both special customised solutions involving
generally higher purchase prices - and economical standard
solutions involving generally lower purchase prices.
High Efficiency
obviously leads to low energy and fuel consumption.
But efficiencies must not be considered in the moments of operation
only, but instead during a longer period involving stand-by in
"hot" condition,
low loads and start-up from - and shot-down to - cold
condition. In other words, also considering the energy
consumption during idle and during a certain
period of days/weeks/months, for instance with numerous starts, stops and
stand-by. High efficiency meaning low consumption
leads of course to low CO2 and to low NOx emissions. Even though the efficiencies on AB&CO
solutions are general
very high, special features with even higher efficiencies can be obtained
by customising the design with additional heat recovery
features and ultra-high efficient parts and details. AB&CO offer
large scale heat recovery both as optional extras for
boilers and heater, but also by offering design of special
heat exchangers (recuperators) on consultant basis.
Low Emission
means low CO2,
low NOx, low other gaseous chemical compounds and low amount
of controversial particles - all this leading to clean flue
gas. Today electricity is often a very price attractive
environmental alternative with no emission whatsoever
(solar, wind, hydro, nuclear). Focus on low emission
enhances the important 'green profile' company image toward
customers, suppliers and employees. Substantial cost saving
are related of being ahead of the future's unavoidable
environmental demands (eventually laws will sooner or later
regulate this anyhow) - ensuring a long calm and good
preparation period before finally pushing the "expensive"
button right when the circumstances are optimum. AB&CO also
offer a very large amount of different electrical based
process heating solutions - the demand for this energy
source is steadily increasing.