U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) BestPractices Workshops

Compressed Air Systems

Fundamentals of Compressed Air Systems — 1-day workshop

Find out how a compressed air system works and the benefits of optimal compressed air system performance. This initial class demonstrates how to compute the current cost of your plant's compressed air systems, how to measure and create a baseline of system performance, and how to determine the impact of different compressor control types. Learn basic approaches for cutting costs; identify steps for proper system operation, maintenance, and point-of-use accountability; and tailor a compressed air system management action plan for your plant.

Fan Systems

Fan System Assessment — 1-day workshop

Optimizing industrial fan systems can take on many forms, but any fan optimization project must meet the needs of the process. This 1-day workshop highlights the benefits of fan system optimization and examines fan system performance characteristics and practical issues concerning measurement data. The session introduces the DOE's Fan System Assessment Tool (FSAT). This powerful analysis software helps you quantify the potential benefits of configuring fan systems for optimal performance, calculate the amount of energy use by your fan system, and estimate fan system efficiency. Learn how the software works, what data is required for FSAT, and how to interpret assessment results.

In addition, this workshop includes discussion to help you:

• Calculate the cost of operating fans in your facility
• Understand the interaction between the fan curve and the system curve
• Analyze the optimization potential of fan systems
• Create an action plan to improve fan system efficiency and reliability in your plant.

Motor Systems

Motor Systems Management Workshop — 1-day workshop

This 1-day workshop helps facility personnel—maintenance staff, plant managers, and plant engineers—gain an understanding of electric motor systems management and skills to help them manage motor systems for reduced energy cost and increased reliability. The session covers technical and policy/procedure topics related to management of motor systems. This includes evaluation and selection of the optimum motor for each application; motor tracking inventory and maintenance actions; and development/use of guidelines or specifications for motor repair and rewind. Electric power system and management of power transmission and driven loads are also covered in relation to motor operation and use.

This session also identifies resources, such as organizations, standards, guidebooks, and technical assistance providers, that can help plant personnel establish and manage industrial motor systems. In addition, the workshop provides an overview of DOE's MotorMaster+ (MM+) software and a demonstration of the tool's basic functions and applications.

Attend this workshop to:

• Select the optimum motor for specific industrial applications
• Understand the basics of using MM+ to evaluate motor purchase and repair decisions
• Understand how MM+ can be used to support other areas of motor systems management
• Establish an effective motor systems maintenance plan
• Develop guidelines for motor repair services and evaluate motor repair facilities
• Quickly locate resources for additional technical support on motor systems

Process Heating

Process Heating Systems Assessment — 1-day workshop

This workshop provides an introduction to process heating and process heating equipment, such as furnaces, dryers, ovens, heaters, and kilns, used by industry. The course includes discussion of combustion and other heating methods; heat transfer in furnaces; waste heat recovery; commonly used process heating controls; and emissions from heating processes.

Attend this workshop if you are a process engineer, plant operator, maintenance engineer, process heating equipment designer, plant or corporate energy coordinator, or consulting engineer and learn:

• Practical tips on process heating and maintenance
• How to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions from furnaces
• How to use DOE's Process Heating Assessment and Survey Tool (PAST) software tool

The session highlights the use of PHAST, which helps users survey furnaces and heaters, identify major energy-using equipment, prioritize improvement opportunities, and assess available methods to improve thermal efficiency in an industrial plant.

Pumping Systems

Pump System Assessment — 1-day workshop

Learn more about pump system performance characteristics. This course discusses performance problems encountered in everyday applications. The workshop covers practical issues involved in field measurements of fluid and electrical data and presents the Pump System Assessment Tool (PSAT) used to assess the performance of pump systems. Learn how the software functions, what data is required, how to use the software when measured data are not available, and what the assessment results mean. This training is also offered through Allied Partners.

Steam Systems

Steam End User Training — 1-day workshop

This course covers the operation of typical steam systems and discusses methods of system efficiency improvement. The training is designed for plant personnel, such as energy managers, steam system supervisors, engineers, and equipment operators, who have steam system responsibilities in industrial and institutional plants. The course covers three key areas of potential system improvement:

• Steam Generation Efficiency
• Resource Utililization Effectiveness
• Steam Distribution System Losses

The course introduces the Steam System Scoping Tool (SSST) and the Steam System Assessment Tool (SSAT). The steam opportunity assessment tools developed by DOE's uses the Steam System Survey Guide (PDF 708 KB) as a technical reference. The training also introduces the 3E Plus insulation appraisal software and a course example is presented that uses this software.

To see when the next workshop in Indiana is schedule, view our event calendar.

Energy Education Training

• General Energy Overview
• Measurement & Verification Protocols in Performance Contracting
• Combined Heat & Power (CHP) / CoGeneration
• Energy Policy Act of 2005 Tax Incentives
• Lean Energy
• Energy Use Mapping

In addition to public workshops, all TAP EES training modules can be provided on-site. To learn more about how TAP EES can construct a training program for your company, please contact: