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NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance

Process load significantly lower than 25%

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Panupant Phapant
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The overall process load of our project turns out to be in the vicinity of 15% only. We are aware that 15% is absurdly low and unusual for plants. The factory owner, nevertheless, sent us a full array of appliances and affirmed the list is determinate. Should I just proceed with the obtainable data and have the factory owner undersign the equipment list so as to substantiate the data? Thank you very much.

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Thu, 12/18/2014 - 08:53

Could you visit the factory, to see all the equipment, plants, etc...? Could you get bills, in order to analyse the real energy requirements? I got such a low process load consumption for a school and I explained it with a narrative, but for a factory it seems strange. Are the machines very few in comparison with the building surface? What are the main end uses (heating or cooling, or lighting, or ventilation?).
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Fri, 12/19/2014 - 14:33

What does the factory make? Some processes are far more energy intensive than others. It could be possible to document a low process load, so you can proceed as you suggest. If it were me I would be asking the factory owner a whole bunch of questions about the equipment if I had any doubts about getting it all. Make sure to thoroughly document the actual installed equipment as this will be viewed by the reviewer with considerable suspicion.
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Fri, 12/19/2014 - 10:14

Thank you so much for all the suggestions. The factory is under construction and will manufacture cosmetics as soon as the construction concludes. The owner invariably asserted all the machines had been incorporated. The owner's substantiation may dispel the reviewer's doubts. In any case, we are a little apprehensive about the discrepancy.
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Fri, 12/19/2014 - 13:43

A good place to look is on the electrical equipment schedules...the electrical engineer has to plan after all and requires a list of electical equipment with connection and usage power.

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