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Plant Energy Assessments
Secat offers the following services:
- Plant-wide assessments
- Plant energy profile development
- Energy systems assessments, including best practices for motors, compressed air, pumping systems, and steam
- Detail heating process assessments, including melting and thermal processing
- Specialized assessments for specific processes
Aluminum production and processing involves a number of processes that are highly energy intensive.
Energy cost represents 7% to 10% of the cost of production for a secondary aluminum plant and is expected to rise at a much higher rate than any other cost for the plant. The energy is used in processes and functions such as melting and heating, heat treating, rolling, fabrication, material handling etc. The energy is provided from fuels such as natural gas, fuel oil or electricity. The energy using equipment includes heating furnaces and ovens, electric motors, pumps, and air compressors.
A systematic approach to energy reduction program in a plant can reduce energy cost by 5% to 20% with cost effective improvements in operations. The savings affect the “bottom-line” profit and could help reduce scrap, increase productivity and improve product quality for a typical aluminum plant.
Click on the link below to view a presentation about energy saving methods:
Examples of Customer Services
Identification of the "low hanging fruit" for energy savings
Secat provides on-site evaluations of existing operative conditions of furnaces, motors, compressed air, and lighting. Secat has performed these assessments for major aluminum plants and die casting operations. 
Staff training in Process Heat Assessment and Survey Tool
Secat offers training in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy in the use of the Process Heating Assessment and Survey Tool (PHAST) that is used to survey furnaces, identify major energy using equipment, prioritize improvement opportunities, and assess available and alternative methods to improve energy efficiency in an industrial plant.
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