Hi,
I'm looking at some plant in the facility where I work, which uses a significant amount of energy. Some of it needs replacing because its worn out and I think its a good opportunity to look at the process and potentially upgrade the controls with a view to saving energy.
I spoke to our energy advisor, which didn't give me a great amount of confidence.
It basically consists of systems that cool a liquid (cooling towers), move the product hydraulically, and stir the liquid. In total, there are 15 motors up to about 25kW and it all runs star-delta, manually controlled, part has a thermostat but that brings on the whole plant where only a small part could be on.
I think a lot could be run with inverters, based on the process temperature and outside temperature, along with other inputs.
This is where it gets beyond me, I can describe how I want it to operate, and what I want to achieve, but all the people I speak to seem to fail to grasp the system as a whole, and can only focus on a tiny part, like 2 or 3 motors or pumps.
I'm obviously looking for a specialist but don't know what they would be called, or where to look. Does anyone know where or who i could speak to?
Thanks
