Roxul Industrial Insulation Process - Manual (Page 7)

The ROXUL
®
Industrial
Insulation Process Manual
Know-how for designers, engineers, site supervisors and managers of
industrial plants
Energy keeps the world in motion. Without it,
everything would come to a standstill. The global
economy is dependent upon a secure & efficient
supply of energy. Over eighty percent of the energy
currently being consumed is obtained from non-
renewable resources. Those resources are becoming
increasingly scarce, while at the same time the
demand for energy is exploding. This means that
owners, designers and operators of large, industrial
plants are challenged with the task of reducing their
energy consumption as much as possible in order to
ensure the long term sustainability of their operations.
Solar energy is just one of the possible alternatives.
Through, for example, solar power plants we
already succeed in converting concentrated sunlight
very efficiently into electricity. And this is just one
of the solutions that can help us drive down fuel
consumption and carbon emissions.
On top of that, insulation significantly reduces the
energy needed to manufacture a product or provide
a service. Also, new technologies for emission
controls at existing fossil burning facilities is greatly
enhanced by insulation. Nowadays there are a variety
of efficient insulation systems that enable scarce
energy reserves to be put to the best possible use.
The ROXUL Industrial Insulation Process Manual
illustrates these systems both theoretically and
practically. This process manual targets designers,
engineers, installers and managers of industrial
plants and provides an overview of the modern
insulation techniques for, by way of example, chemical
or petrochemical installations and power generation
facilities. Based on current standards and regulations
the manual provides accessible, practical guidelines
for the implementation of numerous insulation
applications.
Restriction of thermal losses to an absolute minimum,
including during transfer or storage, can considerably
reduce the energy consumption of industrial plants.
This also results in a reduction in carbon dioxide
(CO²) emissions, which are created each time fossil
fuels such as coal or gas are burnt and which, as a
greenhouse gas, is responsible for the global increase
in temperature.
From an environmental perspective, adequate
insulation of industrial plants is a significant means of
reducing (CO²) emissions.
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