Energy Management Applications in an Industrial Plant in Edirne-Turkey

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.