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This database currently includes about 300 technologies and is updated regularly. You can scroll through the entire database or you can use the search tool on the right to focus on specific types of technologies or sectors. The search tool defaults to looking for the exact phrase entered in the search box, however a broader search is possible by unchecking the 'Use exact phrase' option.
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"Green Pumps" Program: Refurbishing Pumps to Improve Energy Efficiency
A program for refurbishing old, large pumps to increase efficiency.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 7%
Regional Potential: 0.44 MWh/year
ID: 430
 
Air Compressor with Adjustable Speed Drive
Adjustable Speed Drive (ASD) control of oil-lubricated or oil-free rotary screw air compressors is more efficient than load/unload, modulating, or modulating with unloading flow control.
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Energy Savings: 38%
Regional Potential: 0.35 MWh/year
ID: 90
 
Automatic Reset of Dryer Dew Point Setpoint
For dryers serving compressed air systems that have distribution piping in spaces that experience seasonal changes in temperature. This setpoint is a function of the critical (lowest) ambient air temperature.
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ID: 132
 
Clean-On-Demand Compressed Air Controls for Baghouses
Controls that limit the use of compressed air so it is used only when industrial baghouses need to be cleaned.
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Energy Savings: 5%
 
ID: 171
 
CO2 Scrubbers for Controlled Atmosphere Refrigerated Warehouses
Devices using activated carbon to remove carbon dioxide which results from the respiration of fruit stored in controlled atmosphere refrigerated warehouses.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 87%
Regional Potential: 0.11 MWh/year
ID: 455
 
Commercial CO2 Washing Machines
Washing machines that use liquid CO2 at 700 PSI, which has lower viscosity and surface tension, using no water and half the energy with a payback of 2-4 years.
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Energy Savings: 64%
Regional Potential: 0.09 MWh/year
ID: 512
 
Compressed Air Recovery System for PET Blow Molding Facilities
A system that recovers spent air from the polymer bottle-blowing process and uses it for the initial blow on preforms or feeds it into the plant compressed air distribution system.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 100%
 
ID: 444
 
Conversion of Industrial Equipment from Compressed Air to Direct Drive
Compressed air is often used in industry to drive processes that could be achieved using far less electricity. Electricity savings of up to 80% may be realized for switching from use of compressed air to direct-drive (via electric motor) for specific applications.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 85%
 
ID: 160
 
Dew Point Demand Controls for Twin-Tower Compressed Air Desiccant Dryers
A compressed air drying system that uses dew point demand controls to shut off the dried purge air flow when the media in the off-line tower has been regenerated and delays tower switchover until the media in the in-service tower has been exhausted.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 40%
Regional Potential: 0.11 MWh/year
ID: 437
 
Diamond Coated Centrifugal Pump Mechanical Seals
Ultra-hard, low-friction surface coating made of synthetic diamond material used to seal pumps used in particularly harsh environments, improving friction losses by roughly 75%.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 1%
 
ID: 22
 
Digital Ultrasonic Compressed Air Leak Detectors
Tools to identify the acoustic signature of a compressed gas moving from the high pressure to the low pressure side of a leak. Advanced detectors can also quantify the magnitude of the leak.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 75%
Regional Potential: 0.98 MWh/year
ID: 448
 
ECPM Motors for Evaporator Fans in Refrigerated Cases, Walk-In Freezers and Coolers
Replacement of low-efficiency shaded pole and permanent split capacitor (PSC) evaporator fan drive motors in supermarket refrigerated cases, walk-in freezers and refrigerators, beverage merchandisers, and refrigerated vending machines with highly efficiency electronically...
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 67%
 
ID: 205
 
Electric Arc Furnace Charge Preheating
A waste heat recovery process for continuous feeding and preheating of scrap charge to an electric arc furnace after preheating it with furnace exhaust gases.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 23%
 
ID: 453
 
Electrodialysis for the Wine Industry
A process to stabilize wine prior to bottling and cut energy use by about 80% compared with traditional cold stabilization, which involves keeping wine in bulk cold storage for long periods of time.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 75%
 
ID: 65
 
Electron Beam Curing
Use of an electron beam to cure inks, laquer, paint, adhesives, resins, composites, and for crosslinking of polymers.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 88%
 
ID: 466
 
Energy Efficient Stationary Engine Block Heater
Block heater with circulating pump to reduce energy use.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 36%
Regional Potential: 0.07 MWh/year
ID: 381
 
Energy Efficient Vending Machines
Vending machines that use less energy, especially when occupancy has not been detected for a while.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 46%
Regional Potential: 0.14 MWh/year
ID: 547
 
Energy-Efficient Repulper Rotor
A tank with an efficient rotor in the bottom used to repulp bales of pulp and mix the pulp fibers with water prior to making paper.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 23%
 
ID: 454
 
Fine Grinding Technology for Mines and Concentrating Plants: "Stirred Mill" vs. Ball Mills
An energy-efficient alternative to the ball mills used for material size reduction at mines.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 30%
 
ID: 479
 
Heat of Compression Desiccant Dryers
Use waste heat from an air compressor to regenerate the desiccant in the off-line tower, thereby saving energy through reduced purge air requirements and/or reduced use of supplemental electric heating.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 70%
Regional Potential: 0.05 MWh/year
ID: 2
 
Heat Pump Clothes Dryer, Commercial
Commercial clothes dryer that employs heat pump technology.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 50%
Regional Potential: 0.17 MWh/year
ID: 438
 
Heat Recovery Clothes Dryer
A clothes dryer that uses an air-to-air heat exchanger to recover about 40% of the heat exhausted from a commercial or residential clothes dryer to pre-heat incoming supply air.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 15%
Regional Potential: 0.58 MWh/year
ID: 198
 
High speed Turbo Blower for Wastewater Treatment
A high-speed centrifugal blower with high flow and high pressure output utilizing magnetic or airfoil bearings and integrated variable speed control.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 20%
Regional Potential: 0.06 MWh/year
ID: 310
 
Industrial Heat Pumps
Heat pumps that increase the temperature of a low-grade waste heat stream that may otherwise be exhausted to the environment, to make it more useful for industry—for direct process use or to preheat supply or combustion air.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 27%
 
ID: 457
 
Infrared Drying and Curing
Recent innovations have been made in energy efficient infrared drying and curing techniques.
TAG Technical Score:
 
 
 
ID: 628
 
Insulated Heat Tape for Freeze Protection with Advanced Controls
Electric heat tape for water pipe heat protection that includes insulation and thermostatic control.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 0%
 
ID: 149
 
LED UV Water Disinfection
An LED-based UV light to effectively and efficiently disinfect water supplies by deactivating micro-organisms, bacteria, spores, molds, and viruses.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 80%
 
ID: 480
 
Low Energy Pulp Pressure Screen Rotor
A more efficient rotating airfoil that keeps a screen separating pulp from contaminants at a recycled paper mill from becoming plugged up by using negative pressure pulses to backflush the narrow slots in the screen.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 52%
 
ID: 458
 
Microwave Curing, Sintering, and Heat Treating
A process of transferring heat energy electromagnetically, evenly and quickly throughout a part or coating, enabling better process temperature control, shorter cure cycles, and less energy use.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 81%
 
ID: 451
 
Near-Net-Shape Casting
Refers to multiple techniques available to reduce the amount of machining and surface finishing required for the final cast part.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 25%
 
ID: 183
 
On-Demand Ventilation Controls for Dust and Fume Collection Systems
An automated dust collection system using automated dampers that close when equipment is not being used, greatly reducing unneeded ventilation.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 25%
 
ID: 296
 
Ozone Washing Machines
Washing machines that use ozone in a solution and reduce hot water use by up to 90% while making clothes cleaner and longer lasting.
TAG Technical Score:
 
Energy Savings: 100%
Regional Potential: 0.21 MWh/year
ID: 548
 
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