Starwood plant, Turkey – Energy savings of up to 71% with a thermal oil pump retrofit
Starwood plant, Turkey – Energy savings of up to 71% with a thermal oil pump retrofit
Other discrete Manufacturing
STARWOOD ORMAN ÜRÜNLERİ SAN. AŞ
Bursa Turkey
The energy crisis in the world and
therefore the increase in costs puts pressure on all companies. For this
reason, the importance of energy efficiency is increasing day by day, especially
energy-intensive areas like in the wood industry.
Because of those reasons, Starwood wanted to enhance the
overall energy efficiency by saving energy within the new particle
board production line, especially looking on the thermal oil pumps.
Starwood was searching for an energy efficiency solution partner to achieve these goals. That's why they reached out to Siemens because of the deep knowhow on their processes and special
process oriented energy efficiency solutions for all wood industries.
Continuous pressing is one of the most energy intensive processes in panelboard production. That's why Siemens service experts executed a field study to identify some savings potential.
As a result of the field studies,
Siemens service experts offered a suitable Retrofit and Modernization Services solution for Starwoods thermal oil pump drives.
The project scope is as
following:
Supply and commissioning of sixSINAMICS G120
(350,5 kW) cabinets
Revisions of the press PLC and Scada program
Execution of necessary tests and controls for controllers, PLCs and the Scada system after implementation
Measurement of energy consumption and motor body
temperatures before and after the implementation
Report of the savings amounts specified in the
feasibility report with measurements after implementation
Measurement and verification
for the Energy Performance Contract
For the feasibility report a detailed
energy audit was performed by Siemens service experts according to ISO 50002. As a result of
this report, 71% energy saving potential was identified by reducing the power consumtion from 323 kW to 103 kW. This enables Starwood to save 692 tons of CO2 emissions per year and an environmental saving of comparatively 2,886 trees. The payback time of the investment was calculated with 0.6 years.
Besides an increased energy efficiency, Starwood was able to benefit from the following:
Energy Performance Contracting guarantee was given by Siemens
Increased
production quality regarding to the sensitive temperature control,
especially during the start-up time by the use of a smart software
SINAMICS series drives ensure spare part availability and fast delivery
Increased plant availability and productivity
Starwood, engaged in wood based panel board industry, is one of the biggest industrial companies in Turkey with its growing production capacity and new investments every year. The company has the highest production volume capacity in Turkey, produces 2000 m³ MDF per day on 2 lines and 3000 m³ chipboard on 3 lines, which is especially specialized in the production of thin MDF from 1.5 mm to 8 mm. Starwood has a total production capacity of 220.000 m² on a 180.000 m² closed area in the İnegöl plant and has a production capacity of 30,000 sheets / day with 8 short cycle press lines (dims 1830 mm and 2100 mm) together with the Georgian plant.
