Energy Management Applications in an Industrial Plant in Edirne-Turkey

Year 2025, Volume: 27 Issue: 80, 296 - 312, 23.05.2025

Hacer Akhan

https://doi.org/10.21205/deufmd.2025278017

Abstract

The objective of energy management in industrial facilities is to ensure the economical and efficient use of energy, as well as to eliminate energy waste and losses. This is achieved through a series of interrelated processes, including planning, training, energy audits, measurement, monitoring, and applications. The present study investigates the sources of energy wastage in a facility operating in Edirne, Turkey. The objective of this study is to implement energy management applications in the aforementioned facility and to ascertain the energy savings of each system by analysing the data generated by the applications. In March 2023, an energy audit was conducted at the industrial facility over a period of one month. During this time, the current situation of the industrial facility was examined, measurements were taken in the energy-consuming components, and the measured data were evaluated using the methods specified in the Material and Methods section. Additionally, potential improvements that could be made to increase energy efficiency were discussed. The potential for savings has been calculated in relation to the use of frequency inverters in pumps and fans, heat recovery in the boiler and compressor, and electricity generation with solar energy. This study has enabled the potential for increasing energy efficiency in the aforementioned facility to be determined, as well as the contribution of efficiency-improving applications in the systems installed therein. Furthermore, the economic viability of energy efficiency-improving applications is assessed through the use of the payback method, while the environmental benefits are also considered. The implementation of efficiency-improving applications is projected to result in a total of 194.17 TOE/year in energy savings, an economic gain of 446,338.31 $/year, and a reduction in CO2 emissions of 1,871.42 tCO2/year. The annual net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions achieved by the implementation of efficiency-improving applications is equivalent to 1,871.42 tCO2; this is the same as 342.83 unused cars and pickup trucks.

Keywords

Energy management , Energy efficiency , Industrial facility , CO2 reduction , Solar energy

Supporting Institution

None.

Project Number

-

Thanks

None. Idea generation, experimental design, data collection, analyses, literature review, writing, critical review, etc. were all done by me.

Edirne-Türkiye’deki Bir Endüstriyel Tesiste Enerji Yönetimi Uygulamaları

Abstract

Endüstriyel tesislerde enerji yönetiminin amacı, enerjinin ekonomik ve verimli kullanılmasının yanı sıra enerji israfının ve kayıplarının ortadan kaldırılmasını sağlamaktır. Bu hedefe planlama, eğitim, enerji etütleri, ölçüm, izleme ve uygulamalar gibi birbiriyle ilişkili bir dizi süreçle ulaşılır. Bu çalışma, Edirne'de faaliyet gösteren bir tesisteki enerji israfının kaynaklarını araştırmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, söz konusu tesiste enerji yönetimi uygulamalarını hayata geçirmek ve uygulamalar tarafından üretilen verileri analiz ederek her bir sistemin enerji tasarrufunu tespit etmektir. Mart 2023'te, endüstriyel tesiste bir aylık bir süre boyunca bir enerji etüdü gerçekleştirilmiştir. Bu süre zarfında endüstriyel tesisin mevcut durumu incelenmiş, enerji tüketen bileşenlerde ölçümler yapılmış ve ölçülen veriler Materyal ve Metot bölümünde belirtilen yöntemler kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Ayrıca, enerji verimliliğini artırmak için yapılabilecek potansiyel iyileştirmeler tartışılmıştır. Pompa ve fanlarda frekans invertörü kullanımı, kazan ve kompresörde ısı geri kazanımı ve güneş enerjisi ile elektrik üretimi ile ilgili tasarruf potansiyeli hesa planmıştır. Bu çalışma, söz konusu tesisteki enerji verimliliğini artırma potansiyelinin ve burada kurulu sistemlerdeki verimlilik artırıcı uygulamaların katkısının belirlenmesini sağlamıştır. Ayrıca, enerji verimliliğini artırıcı uygulamaların ekonomik uygulanabilirliği geri ödeme yöntemi kullanılarak değerlendirilmiş ve çevresel faydaları da göz önünde bulundurulmuştur. Verimlilik artırıcı uygulamaların hayata geçirilmesiyle toplam 194,17 TEP/yıl enerji tasarrufu, 446.338,31 $/yıl ekonomik kazanç ve CO2 emisyonlarında 1.871,42 tCO2/yıl azalma sağlanacağı öngörülmektedir. Verimlilik artırıcı uygulamaların hayata geçirilmesiyle sera gazı emisyonlarında elde edilen yıllık net azalma 1.871,42 tCO2'ye eşdeğerdir; bu da kullanılmayan 342,83 otomobil ve kamyonete eşittir.

Keywords

Enerji yönetimi , Enerji verimliliği , Endüstriyel tesis , CO2 azaltımı , Güneş enerjisi

Supporting Institution

Yok

Project Number

-

Thanks

Yok. Fikir oluşturma, deney tasarımı, veri toplama, analizlerin gerçekleştirilmesi, literatür taraması, yazım, eleştirel inceleme vb. hepsi tarafımca yapılmıştır.

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