U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Industrial Technologies Program – BestPractices

Process Heating Publications

Sourcebooks

Reference books that provide information on activities, resources, applications, standards, and guidelines for increasing industrial energy efficiency.

Improving Process Heating System Performance: A Sourcebook for Industry, Second Edition (PDF 2.4 MB) Download Adobe Reader.

Tip Sheets

These two-page tip sheets provide quick advice on how to keep your systems running at their maximum efficiency.

Click here for a complete list of process heating tip sheets. 

Technical Fact Sheets and Handbooks

Publications with "how-to" technical detail on increasing system efficiencies. Available from the EERE Information Center or at 1-877-EERE-INF (877-337-3463). Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

Metal and Glass Manufacturers Reduce Costs by Increasing Energy Efficiency in Process Heating Systems (PDF 354 KB)

Reduce Natural Gas Use in Your Industrial Process Heating Systems (PDF 304 KB)

Roadmap for Process Heating Technology: Priority Research and Development Goals and Near-Term Non-Research Goals to Improve Industrial Process Heating
Publication Date: March 2001
Length: 54 pp.
(PDF 578 KB)

Save Energy Now in Your Process Heating Systems (PDF 429 KB)