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FUEL‐ITS EFFICIENT USE: PRESENT AND FUTURE *
Author(s) -
WESTON H. B.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
international journal of dairy technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1471-0307
pISSN - 1364-727X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0307.1975.tb00380.x
Subject(s) - fossil fuel , natural resource economics , plea , audit , coal , business , environmental economics , economics , environmental science , engineering , waste management , accounting , political science , law
The paper emphasizes the problem caused by escalating world‐energy demand calling for price increases as the regulator. In the UK, North Sea oil and gas are considered as valuable but small resources demanding high capital injection. A plea is made for intelligent use of coal and North Sea oil to reduce our dependence on imported oil but conservation of resources by efficient utilization is sound economic sense. Industrialists who wish to remain competitive will require to use energy efficiently. Greater attention must be given to the factors influencing boiler costs and recent surveys show that there is much room for improvement in this direction. Attention is drawn to the need for reducing primary heat losses, e.g. radiation losses, steam trap losses, condensate loss, etc. Greatest scope for economizing lies in the process side, i.e. in heat utilization and traditional methods must be challenged. In this connection the author suggests that there is no substitute for an in‐depth heat audit. The techniques are well established but a great deal depends on the will and enthusiasm at higher management level in the organization.