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ENERGY CONSERVATION IN THE DAIRY INDUSTRY
Author(s) -
HARRIS P S.
Publication year - 1978
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.1471-0307.1978.tb00835.x
Subject(s) - dairy industry , energy conservation , fraction (chemistry) , primary energy , business , environmental science , energy (signal processing) , heat energy , current (fluid) , waste management , agricultural economics , engineering , economics , food science , chemistry , mathematics , mechanical engineering , statistics , electrical engineering , organic chemistry
The dairy industry spends £40 million a year on process energy. A significant fraction of rejected heat could be recovered. A number of opportunities are examined in terms of the primary fuel saved compared to current practice.