Publishers Page : Energy Efficiency & Management – A Strategic Imperative for Hydrocarbon and Chemical Industries – Vinoo Mathews
Energy efficiency is critical for hydrocarbon and chemical industries, offering cost savings, reduced emissions and competitiveness. Integrated energy management, combining process optimisation, equipment upgrades, waste heat recovery and digitalisation enables sustainable, resilient and productive operations.
Interview
The editorial team of Chemical Industry Digest interviewed ABB Motion Services leaders, Oswald Deuchar and Amit Gupta, during a recent Stakeholder Roundtable. The discussion highlighted ABB’s role in promoting energy efficiency, supporting decarbonisation and driving innovation in the chemical and process industries.
Interview
Chemical Industry Digest interviewed Sunil Natekar of Atlas Copco about energy efficiency in compressors, widely used across hydrocarbons and downstream chemical industries. He highlighted that improving compressor efficiency can lead to substantial energy cost savings for manufacturers.
Climate Change and Energy Transition Towards Net Negative Emissions
– Padma Shri Professor Dr. Ganapati D. Yadav
The period 2020 – 2024 highlights the climate challenge: despite increase in renewables growth, fossil fuel emissions surged, natural sinks weakened and urgent systemic action—scaling clean energy, green hydrogen, carbon capture and equitable policies is needed to achieve net-negative emissions.
Digitalisation Plus Domain Expertise: The New Catalyst of Energy Efficiency
– Dhruval Khamar, Forbes Marshall
Digitalisation combined with domain expertise transforms chemical plant operations, enabling continuous monitoring, real-time interventions and process optimisation, delivering double-digit reductions in energy, water and CO2 while embedding efficiency and sustainability into daily routines.
Feel The Pinch
– K Sahasranaman
Pinch technology systematically optimises energy and resource use in chemical processes, balancing efficiency, cost and sustainability. Beyond heat recovery, it extends to water, hydrogen and carbon management, enabling smarter, environmentally responsible and economically viable process designs.
Smart Drying: How Digitalisation Transforms Energy Efficiency in Chemical Manufacturing
– Prof. Arun S. Mujumdar
Digitalisation transforms chemical drying into an intelligent, adaptive process, leveraging sensors, AI, digital twins and advanced controls to cut energy use by 15 – 40%, enhance product quality, ensure consistency and drive sustainable, resilient and cost-efficient operations.
Ultra-Low Emissions, Ultra-High Efficiency: Modern Approaches to SRU Energy Optimisation
– Debopam Chaudhuri, Ayan Dasgupta, Fluor Daniel Pvt Ltd
Optimising Sulfur Recovery Units through heat integration, advanced process control and innovative tail gas treatment reduces fuel use, lowers CO2 emissions and enhances sulfur recovery, turning SRUs from compliance units into energy-efficient, environmentally aligned and economically valuable assets.
