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Energie‐Einsparung — eine Herausforderung
Author(s) -
Elgeti Klaus
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
chemie ingenieur technik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1522-2640
pISSN - 0009-286X
DOI - 10.1002/cite.330511216
Subject(s) - energy consumption , consumption (sociology) , product (mathematics) , german , national economy , production (economics) , fell , economics , engineering , natural resource economics , economy , economic system , macroeconomics , geography , mathematics , electrical engineering , social science , geometry , cartography , archaeology , sociology
Energy saving – a challenge . Between 1955 and 1976, the specific energy consumption – i.e. the energy consumption referred to the net production volume at constant prices – in the Federal German chemical industry fell by ca. 70%. Thus in 1977 this branch of industry accounted for only 8.4% of the primary energy consumption of the national economy. The possible reasons for this trend lie in a highly dynamic approach to product development, fast growth, and energy‐conscious training of process engineers. The future should see further savings resulting from advances in thermal separation processes by introduction of process computers and – in the long term – by developments in catalysis.