Energy benchmark and energy saving potential in the pulp and paper industry

Tuan Le-Anh; Tuan Le-Anh

doi:10.3934/energy.2023059

AIMS Energy

2023, Volume 11, Issue 6: 1306-1327. doi: 10.3934/energy.2023059

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Energy benchmark and energy saving potential in the pulp and paper industry

Tuan Le-Anh ^,

Faculty of Economics and Management, Electric Power University, 235 Hoang Quoc Viet, Hanoi, VIETNAM

Received: 09 August 2023 Revised: 22 November 2023 Accepted: 26 November 2023 Published: 01 December 2023

In this research, I established an energy benchmark for the pulp and paper industry of Vietnam. I, therefore, focus on three major paper product families, including packaging paper, printing and writing paper, and tissue paper. In this research, I use specific energy consumption (SEC) as the energy performance indicator (EnPI) for computing energy benchmarks for the main sub-sectors in the pulp and paper industry of Vietnam. The factories in the pulp and paper industry of Vietnam are divided into three production scales, and the energy benchmarks are specified by production scales. Energy surveys and energy audits have been used to calculate energy benchmarks. Here, I establish the energy benchmark for the main sub-sectors in the pulp and paper industry of Vietnam according to the three production scales. I also estimate the energy saving potential for the pulp and paper industry of Vietnam based on surveying and auditing results.
- energy benchmark,
- energy saving potential,
- specific energy consumption,
- pulp and paper,
- energy audit
Citation: Tuan Le-Anh. Energy benchmark and energy saving potential in the pulp and paper industry[J]. AIMS Energy, 2023, 11(6): 1306-1327. doi: 10.3934/energy.2023059

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Abstract

In this research, I established an energy benchmark for the pulp and paper industry of Vietnam. I, therefore, focus on three major paper product families, including packaging paper, printing and writing paper, and tissue paper. In this research, I use specific energy consumption (SEC) as the energy performance indicator (EnPI) for computing energy benchmarks for the main sub-sectors in the pulp and paper industry of Vietnam. The factories in the pulp and paper industry of Vietnam are divided into three production scales, and the energy benchmarks are specified by production scales. Energy surveys and energy audits have been used to calculate energy benchmarks. Here, I establish the energy benchmark for the main sub-sectors in the pulp and paper industry of Vietnam according to the three production scales. I also estimate the energy saving potential for the pulp and paper industry of Vietnam based on surveying and auditing results.

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