The approximate proportional relationship between load factor and energy consumption
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Is there a roughly proportional relationship between the operating load rate of chemical plants and their energy consumption for production? Has anyone conducted any statistics on this? Please share information on a certain device. Thank you
With high loads and high energy consumption, in terms of growth rate, an increase of 10% in the load may result in only a 1-2% increase in energy consumption. The general principle is to increase the load as much as possible while keeping energy consumption constant and ensuring the normal operation of the device
Each set of devices is different, so it’s really hard to say whether there is such a ratio or not. However, increasing the load to reduce energy consumption is the right approach.
Each set of equipment is different; for example, the energy consumption of a pyrolysis furnace is generally proportional to its load. For other devices such as pumps, distillation towers, heat exchangers, and compressors, increasing the load does not result in an increase in energy consumption. Energy consumption increases with rising load, but the energy consumption per ton of product decreases.
I think it’s an inverse relationship: energy consumption is highest at zero load, and it gradually decreases as the load increases