ITAC Assessment: NC0303
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Assessment Year 2004
Principal Product Copper and tin powdered metal
NAICS 331420: Copper Rolling, Drawing, Extruding, and Alloying
SIC 3399: Primary Metal Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
Sales Range $50
M
to 100
M
# of Employees 90
Plant Area 125,000
ft2
Annual Production 24,000,000
lb
Production Hrs. Annual 8,400
hrs
Location (State) North Carolina

Facility Energy Cost and Usage

Source Yearly Cost Usage
Electricity Usage $267,955 9,832,224
kWh
Electricity Demand $177,347 18,798
kW-mo/yr
Electricity Fees $13,893 -
Natural Gas $593,912 74,381
MMBtu
TOTAL YEARLY COSTS -
RECOMMENDED SAVINGS* $161,797 *Non-energy impacts included in savings.
IMPLEMENTED SAVINGS* $1,224

Recommendations

# Description Yearly Savings* Imp'd Cost* Status Electricity Usage Savings Electricity Demand Savings Natural Gas Savings Water Disposal Savings Personnel Changes Savings Administrative Changes Savings Ancillary Material Cost Savings
01 4.212: Adopt in-house material generation $34,730 $120,000 $(-4,334.0)
(-158,760)
kWh
$(-2,136.0)
-
kW-mo/yr
- - - $(-5,000.0) $46,200
02 2.3131: Reschedule plant operations or reduce load to avoid peaks $20,788 - $4,823
-
kWh
$20,136
-
kW-mo/yr
- - $(-4,171.0) - -
03 2.2414: Use waste heat from hot flue gases to preheat $18,426 $18,825 - - $18,426
-
MMBtu
- - - -
04 3.4141: Replace the chlorination stage with an oxygen or ozone stage $11,844 $18,280 $(-105.0)
(-3,864)
kWh
$(-52.0)
-
kW-mo/yr
- $207
-
Tgal
- - $11,794
05 2.5194: Redesign process $73,700 $35,000 - - - - - $73,700 -
06 2.4236: Eliminate leaks in inert gas and compressed air lines/ valves $1,224 $100 $1,370
50,200
kWh
$754
-
kW-mo/yr
- - $(-600.0) - $(-300.0)
07 2.4221: Install compressor air intakes in coolest locations $1,085 $1,385 $727
26,628
kWh
$358
-
kW-mo/yr
- - - - -
TOTAL RECOMMENDED $161,797 $193,590 $2,481
(-85,796)
kWh
$19,060
-
kW-mo/yr
$18,426
-
MMBtu
$207
-
Tgal
$(-4,771.0) $68,700 $57,694
TOTAL IMPLEMENTED $1,224 $100 $1,370
50,200
kWh
$754
-
kW-mo/yr
- - $(-600.0) - $(-300.0)
Yearly Savings* Imp'd Cost* Electricity Usage Savings Electricity Demand Savings Natural Gas Savings Water Disposal Savings Personnel Changes Savings Administrative Changes Savings Ancillary Material Cost Savings
*Savings and costs are best estimates based on the center's site visit, associated engineering analysis, and typical capital and labor costs