HPS releases Energy Management Solutions portfolio

Honeywell has introduced Energy Management Solutions: a customisable portfolio of hardware, software and services to help improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions.

The solution from Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) is targeted at a range of energy-intensive process manufacturing facilities.

In the area of refining and petrochemical production, this solution leverages expertise from the Honeywell UOP subsidiary, which is a developer and licensor of process technology for the refining and petrochemical industry.

The portfolio features the Honeywell Energy Dashboard, which gathers information from various instruments and systems and tracks their energy consumption against dynamic energy targets.

Capturing and analysing this data allows users to understand key energy indicators and how they affect overall energy consumption.

The Energy Dashboard, expected to be commercially available in the fourth quarter of 2009, enables users to establish specific goals for reducing energy consumption, costs and the associated GHG emissions, as well as to measure actual performance against those goals.

Once energy-saving potential has been identified, the Energy Management Solutions portfolio provides customisable hardware, software and services to improve performance, including enhancements to measurement and monitoring, control and optimisation, heat recovery, feedstock optimisation, advanced process technology, utilities optimisation and services to sustain and even improve results over time.

For refining and petrochemical industries, HPS and UOP solutions can reduce energy consumption by up to 25 per cent and the associated GHG emissions by up to 320 metric kilotons per year.

For other process manufacturing industries, such as pulp and paper, Energy Management Solutions can help reduce energy consumption by up to 20 per cent and associated GHG emissions by up to 44 metric kilotons per year.

Harry Forbes, analyst with the ARC Advisory Group firm for manufacturing, energy and supply-chain solutions, said: 'Many process manufacturing facilities have grown over time in ways that obscure the connections between operations and energy consumption.

'These facilities must have strategies in place to identify and execute energy improvements if they are to ensure profitability and appropriately manage emissions.

'Through Energy Management Solutions, Honeywell is providing a sound framework for helping manufacturers define and manage these strategies,' he added.

Energy Management Solutions can be implemented in stages starting with smaller-scale, quick return-on-investment projects and moving to more comprehensive, higher-value projects.

Harsh Chitale, vice-president of global marketing and strategy for Honeywell Process Solutions, said: 'With Energy Management Solutions, Honeywell can help manufacturers build a holistic energy management strategy that can reduce energy costs and return those savings back to the bottom line.

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