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

Advanced Manufacturing Office – Energy Intensive Processes

Tools and Publications

The Industrial Technologies Program (ITP) offers publications, videos, software, and other information products for improving energy efficiency in the industry. Most items are available on-line.

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• Energy-Intensive Processes Portfolio: Addressing Key Energy Challenges Across U.S. Industry, March 2011

• Plan for Energy-Intensive Process Industries

• Energy Loss Reduction and Recovery in Industrial Energy Systems Roadmap

• Grand Challenges Portfolio: Driving Innovation in Industrial Energy Efficiency, January 2011

Waste Heat Minimization/Recovery

• Unlock Energy Savings with Waste Heat Recovery, July 2011

• Waste Heat Recovery: Technology and Opportunities in U.S. Industry, March 2008

• Industrial Combustion Vision and Roadmap page

• Roadmap for Process Heating Technology

• Engineering Scoping Study of Thermoelectric Generator Systems for Industrial Waste Heat Recovery

• Opportunity Analysis for Recovering Energy from Industrial Waste Heat and Emissions

Reactions and Separations

• Chemicals Industry Reaction Engineering Roadmap Summary

• Hybrid Separations/Distillation Technology: Research Opportunities for Energy and Emissions Reduction

• Chemicals Industry Separations 2000 Roadmap Summary

High-Temperature Processing

• A Vision for the American Metal Casting Industry

• Metalcasting Technology Roadmap

• Glass: A Clear Vision for a Bright Future

• Glass Industry Technology Roadmap

• Roadmap for Process Heating Technology

• An R&D Plan for the Heat Treating Community, To Achieve Vision 2020

Sustainable Manufacturing

• Technology Roadmap for Energy Reduction in Automotive Manufacturing, September 2008

• Steel Industry Technology Roadmap Barriers and Pathways for Yield Improvements Steel Industry Yield Loss Roadmap, American Iron Steel Institute, 2003

• Inferential Process Control Workshop Report

• New Materials and Technologies Available for Use in Industrial Infrastructure

• Refractories for Industrial Processing: Opportunities for Improved Energy Efficiency

• Chemicals Industry Materials of Construction Roadmap Summary

• Chemicals Industry Materials Technology Roadmap Summary

Tools

ITP, under its Technology Delivery activities, develops software tools that can be used to identify and obtain energy savings in industrial energy systems. Learn more.