Industrial Energy Use
Across nearly all industrial sectors, there is a common need for mechanical or thermal energy. In most cases, this need is met using industrial combustion systems that may share common characteristics across many industrial sectors.
The co-production of electricity and industrial energy (cogeneration) is a key option for improving the overall efficiency of combustion systems. This topic is covered under the Gas Turbines and the Combined Heat and Power pages.
Combustion systems are the components of industrial energy use that are most directly linked to emissions of nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide emissions, which contribute to smog and acid rain and the formation of fine particulate matter, as well as carbon dioxide which contributes to climate change. Pollutants can be reduced simultaneously and cost-effectively by employing a regional planning concept known as Industrial ecology .
