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WASHINGTON, DC -- Manufacturers seeking relief from rising fuel bills and plant reliability concerns will benefit from a new reference guide, Steam Digest 2002, the third volume of steam system best practices from the Alliance to Save Energy and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Technologies Program. The compendium of 14 scholarly articles, authored by a variety of manufacturers, national labs, and solution vendors, covers the technical and managerial aspects of industrial steam facility optimization.
Steam is a major element of industrial energy use--the combined steam requirements of manufacturing and institutional facilities represent approximately one tenth of annual U.S. energy consumption, or nine quadrillion Btu. "Facility managers who make energy-efficiency improvements to their steam systems can reduce costs, add new revenues, and control operating risk," says Fred Fendt, chair of DOE's Best Practices Steam Steering Committee and ...