Fifteenth National INDUSTRIAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
March 24 & 25,1993 JW Marriott Hotel Houston, Texas
Focusing on Industry's Needs: Solving Today's Problems Planning for Tomorrow Profiting through Technology
W.D. Turner Conference Director, Technical Program Director
Host Energy Systems Laboratory Department of Mechanical Engineering Texas A&M University
•Sponsors Texas Governor's Energy Office Electric Power Research Institute Houston Lighting & Power BASF Corporation Destec Energy, Inc. Dow Chemical U.S.A. Praxair Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Co. U.S. Department of Energy Center for Energy & Mineral Resources, TAMU U.S. EPA, Climate Change Division
Cooperating Agencies The Alliance to Save Energy Louisiana Chemical Association Chemical Manufacturers Assoc. EPRI Process Industry Offices Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas National Petroleum Refiners Assoc. EPRI AMP Program Bonneville Power Administration National Assoc. of Manufacturers
Admission to Texas A&M University and any of its sponsored progtrams is open to qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age national origin, or educationally unrelated handicaps. TABLE OF CONTENTS
WIN, WIN STRATEGIES FOR STABILITY, GROWTH AND FUTURE SUCCESS
"Staying Competitive in the 90's: How to Make Public Involvement Work" Kathy Wood Loveless, Loveless Enterprises, Inc 1
"Group Dynamics Approach to Industrial Energy Management" Daniel G. Thomas, P.E., Synergic Resources Corporation 7
"Dow's Energy /WRAP Contest: A 12-Year Energy and Waste Reduction Success Story" Kenneth E. Nelson, Dow U.S.A 12
"Managing In-House Energy Resources for Competitive Advantage" Tony Pavone, SRI International 22
"$18.7 Million Paid-from-Savings Variable Load Mechanical Cogeneration Project at Louisiana State University" Michael D. Leach, P.E., CES/Way International, Inc., and Bruce K. Colburn, Ph.D., Texas Energy Engineers, Inc 27
NEW GENERATION RESOURCES AND TRANSMISSION ISSUES
"Biological Effects of Electrical and Magnetic Fields: Is It Real?" Marcus O. Durham, P.E., Ph.D., University of Tulsa 34
"Performance Characteristics of an Electrochemically Powered Turboprop: A Comparison with State of the Art Gas Turbines" MarkC. Johnson, University of Arkansas, and David H. Swan, Texas A&M University 42
"Cogeneration: An Industrial Steam and Power Option" Joseph A. Orlando, GKCO, Inc., and Michael M. Stewart and Joseph R. Roberts, Michigan Consolidated Gas Co 48
"Cogeneration System Size Optimization: Constant Capacity and Constant Demand Models" Jorge B. Wong-Kcomt, Ph.D., and Wayne C. Turner, Ph.D., P.E., Oklahoma State University 56
"Demonstration of a Carbonate Fuel Cell on Coal Derived Gas" Daniel M. Rastler, EPRI, Clifton Keeler, Dow U.S.A., and Chang V. Chi, Energy Research Corporation 66 INDUSTRY AND UTILITIES WORKING TOGETHER
"Understanding Utility Rates or How to Operate at the Lowest $/Btu" James N. Phillips, P.E., Lone Star Gas Co 71
"Demand-Side Management—Creative Ways to Reduce Peak Load for Industrial Customers" James L. Trobaugh, A&C Enercom (not available at time of printing)
"Meeting Customers' Energy Efficiency Goals—In Concert with the Environment"® Daniel G. Merchant, A&C Enercom 81
"Kieffer Paper Mill's Recycled Fiber Mill and PSI Energy's High Efficiency Motors Plan" Jeffrey A. Myers, PSI Energy 84
PAPER INDUSTRY INNOVATIONS
"Liquid Fuel from Recovered Paper" William J. Nicholson, Potlatch Corp (not available at time of printing)
"Energy in the Paper Industry" Jeremy M. Metz, American Paper Institute (not available at time of printing)
"Black Liquor Gasification Process Review and Status Update" Craig Brown, Weyerhaeuser Paper Co 86
"Burning Non-Recyclable Paper for Fuel" David T. Modi, Georgia Pacific Corp (not available at time of printing)
"Cogeneration in the Paper Industry" Thomas Single, James River Corporation (not available at time of printing)
IMPROVING OPERATING EFFICIENCY
"Management Applications of Maintenance Reports" Patrick Gehl, J B Systems, Inc 87
"Identifying Savings Opportunities" Sri Chari, Synergic Resources Corporation 97
"Five Common Energy Conservation Projects in Small and Medium-Sized Industrial Plants" Darin W. Nutter, Angela J. Britton, and Warren M. Heffington, Texas A&M University 112
"Energy Conservation in Process Chilled Water Systems" Robert A. DiBella, Xenergy, Inc., and Lawrence L. Ambs, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts 121
PUCT: INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS AND ELECTRIC UTILITIES REGULATION
"Recent Developments in the Regulation of Electric Utility Resource Planning in Texas" Jess Totten, Parviz Adib, Ron Matlock, and Nat Treadway, PUC of Texas 131
"Emerging Technologies for Industrial Demand-Side Management"
a James E. Neeley and Leszek M. Kasprowicz, PUC of Texas , 141
"Industrial Rates and Demand-Side Management Programs" Leszek M. Kasprowicz and Richard House, PUC of Texas 147
"Non-Utility Generation and Transmission Access in Texas" Sarut Panjavan and Parviz Adib, PUC of Texas 153
"The Clean Air Act's Impact on Environmental Regulation arid Electric Power Conservation and Production" Hubert Ashley, PUC of Texas 163
INDUSTRIAL ELECTROTECHNOLOGIES FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT
"Electrically Driven Gas Pipeline Compressor" John Fagg, Pipeline Compressor Systems (not available at time of printing)
"Adjustable Speed Drives in the U.S. Petroleum Refining, Petrochemical, and Chemical Industries" Dan J. Foley, The Pace Consultants, Inc 171
"Hydrogen and Sulfur Production from Hydrogen Sulfide Wastes" John B.L. Harkness and Richard D. Doctor, Argonne National Laboratory 178
"An Improved Process for MTBE Unit Feed Pretreatment"
J.J. Byseda, NATCO (not available at time of printing)
ADVANCES IN MOTORS AND MACHINERY
"Not a Babe in the Woods: Using MotorMaster Software to Make Sophisticated Electric Motor Purchase Decisions" Todd Litman, Washington Energy Office ...• 186 "Power Quality/Harmonic Detection: Harmonic Control in Electric Power Systems for the Telecommunications Industry" James L. Felkner, MCI Communications Corp., and Ray M.Waggoner, Enteg Systems, Inc 193
"Better Bearing Housing Seals Prevent Costly Machinery Failures" Heinz P. Bloch, P.E., Process Machinery Consulting 202
"Energy Conservation and Efficiency Improvement for the Electric Motors Operating in U.S. Oil Fields" Sadrul Ula and Thomas Nichols, University of Wyoming, and Wilma R. Cain, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Denver Support Office 208
"Variable Frequency Drives: Energy Savings and Impact on Motor Performance"
David Petro, Reliance Electric 214
INDUSTRIAL ENERGY AUDITS
"Conducting Energy Reviews and Audits of Your Own Plant"
in Daniel G. Thomas, P.E., Synergic Resources Corporation 223,
"Process Energy Audit for Large Industries" SriChari, Synergic Resources Corporation 227
"E Model: A New Tool for Analyzing Building Energy Use Data" Kelly Kissock, Agami Reddy, Jeff Haberl, and David E. Claridge 237
"Instrumenting Buildings to Determine Retrofit Savings: Murphy's Law Revisited" Dennis L. O'Neal, John Bryant, Curtis Boecker, and Chuck Bohmer, Texas A&M University 244
"Insertion Paddlewheel Flowmeters: An Evaluation after Two Years of Use" Jay Robinson and John Bryant, Texas A&M University 253
"Exploring New Data Displays for Facility Energy Data" Jeff Haberl, Raghu Belur, Robert Sparks, Kelly Kissock, and Shaun Campbell, Texas A&M University 257
INDUSTRIAL ENERGY AUDITING SUPPORT FOR UTILITIES AND THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
"Electric Utilities' Role in Industrial Competitiveness: Going Beyond the Energy Audit" Robert D. Jeffress, Electric Power Research Institute and Bruce Appelbaum, Chem Systems, Inc 266
"Using DOE Industrial Energy Audit Data For Utility Program Design" Charles J. Glaser, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Cristina Padlan Packard, Baltimore Gas & Electric Co., and Paul Parfomak, Barakat & Chamberlin, Inc 271
"Insights into Industrial Energy Auditing from the EADC Program: An Academic Perspective" Michael R. Muller and Peter P. Polomski, Rutgers University 278
"Saving Energy in Industrial Compressed Air Systems: Issues and Obstacles in DSM Program Design" Don Trojanowski, Baltimore Gas & Electric Co., and Paul Parfomak, Barakat & Chamberlin, Inc 286
"Utility and State Industrial Efficient Motors Systems Incentives Programs: Experience and Success Factors" Dr. Joseph M. Roop and Donna J. Stucky, Pacific Northwest Labs 292
PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS
"Heat Recovery Steam Generator Simulation" V. Ganapathy, ABCO Industries 302
"Automatic Tube Cleaning Systems for Condensers & Heat Exchangers" Kaveh Someah, WSA Engineered Systems 308
"Application of Desiccant Drying in Plastic Molding"
IV Michael Brown, P.E., and Douglas Moore, P.E., Georgia Tech Research Institute, % and Greg Connors, P.E., Atlanta Gas Light Co 313
CONTROLLING ENERGY LOSSES-CASE STUDIES
"Demand Side Dispatching, Part 1: A Novel Approach for Industrial Load Shaping Applications" Jimmy D. Kumana and Ravi Nath, Linnhoff March, Inc 317 "Demand Side Dispatching, Part 2: An Industrial Application" Ravi Nath, Linnhoff March, Donald A. Cerget ,and Edward T. Henderson, Detroit Edison 323
"Location of Leaks in Pressure Testable Direct Burial Steam Distribution Conduits" M. Glen Sittel and Richard K. Messock, The Naval Energy and Environmental Support Activity (NEESA) 329
"Utilities Inspection Technologies" Richard K. Messock, NEESA 333
"Direct Digital Control—A Tool for Energy Management of HVAC Systems"
Karl T.C. Swanson, NEESA 342
INDUSTRIAL HEAT PUMP APPLICATIONS
"Brayton Solvent Recovery Heat Pump Technology Update" Joseph C. Enneking, NUCON International 346 "Application of an Industrial Heat Pump to a Specialty Chemical Plant" Paul C. Tripathi and Peter Chao, TENSA Services, Inc 353
"Application of a High Lift Absorption Heat Pump in a Refinery" Charles Halsell, Litwin Engineers & Constructors (not available at time of printing)
"Dual Heating and Cooling Sorption Heat Pump for a Food Plant" Dr. Uwe Rockenfeller and Bill Dooley, Rocky Research 362
"The Zero-Net Emission Boiler Concept" Michael Karnitz, Oak Ridge National Laboratories (not available at time of printing)