Kaiser Aluminum / Analyze Process Heating Systems Company / Janus Technology Group / Analyzing Plant Process Heating Systems Company / DOE PHAST Software / /
Continent
America / North America / /
Currency
USD / /
Facility
Kaiser Aluminum’s Sherman plant / Industrial Technologies Program Case Study The Kaiser Aluminum plant / Plant Background Project Drivers At Kaiser Aluminum / Kaiser Aluminum plant / At Kaiser Aluminum’s plant / Sherman plant / /
IndustryTerm
average energy use / corporate energy use / energy savings potential / natural gas-fired reverberatory melting furnaces / excess energy consumption / industrial systems / gas-fired aging ovens / greater energy independence / aluminum products / software tool / software tools / expected energy savings / excess energy use / tube products / eere.energy.gov/industry / annual furnace energy intensity / industrial process systems / energy use / transportation market / aluminum extrusion plant manufacturing quality / respective process heating applications / corporate tool / Natural gas consumption / natural gas-fired tunnel-type billet heating furnace / energy savings / main diagnostic tool / energy usage / energy / furnace energy intensity / energy intensity / energy savings opportunities / energy consumption / industrial process heating applications / industrial applications / annual natural gas / process heating applications / process heating systems / annual energy savings / annual energy cost savings / air-to-gas ratio / natural gas savings / fabricated aluminum products / energy efficiency / energy cost savings / energy technologies / energy efficiency opportunities / end-use applications / /
Organization
U.S. Department of Energy / DOE’s PHAST / U.S. Department of Energy’s office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy / EERE Information Center / /
Person
Richard Bennett / David Conrow / / /
Position
Vice President / Kaiser Aluminum Production System If / leading producer / corporate energy manager / representative / qualified specialist / /
Industrial Technologies Program Case Study The Kaiser Aluminum plant in Sherman, Texas, improved its annual furnace energy intensity by 11.1% after implementing recommendations from the Save Energy Now assessment.