This bachelor's thesis examines four scenarios related to energy efficiency at the Wavin manufacturing facility in Eskilstuna, Sweden. The four scenarios are: (i) keeping the current production processes, (ii) replacing the electric boilers with biofuel boilers, (iii) installing solar cells and (iv) installing biofuel boilers and solar cells. Results show that the most favorable solution is to install biofuel boilers combined with 2500 m2 (462.5 kWp) solar cells, which yields total savings of 72 MSEK over a 25 year period compared to the current factory set up. Moreover, the results were more sensitive to fluctuations in electricity prices compared to biofuel prices, which indicate that the proposed solution makes the factory less dependent on fluctuating electricity prices.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-475933 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Hermodsson, Fredrik, Ekstrand, Erik, Frostvik, Anna, Levin, Moa |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | SAMINT-STS ; 22001 |
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