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Advanced Energy Efficiency, Lecture 2: Industry - Rocky Mountain ...

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But whole-system designers must think in<br />

the opposite direction to the process flow<br />

Resources<br />

Thinking<br />

Process Flow<br />

Design for whole-system<br />

performance, not sub-system<br />

performance!<br />

Product<br />

Waste<br />

◊<br />

◊<br />

◊<br />

◊<br />

◊<br />

Save capex, not just opex,<br />

by making equipment<br />

unnecessary, smaller, or<br />

simpler<br />

Consider the whole system<br />

all together<br />

Optimize it for multiple<br />

benefits<br />

Reduce waste:<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Can wastes be reduced or<br />

eliminated—designed out?<br />

Can wastes be recycled as inputs?<br />

Can wastes be made into other<br />

products?<br />

Capacity used to make<br />

waste can now make value<br />

instead—winning more<br />

capacity at zero capex:<br />

<br />

<br />

Debottlenecking<br />

Throughput gains

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