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Energy in laundries
Introduction
During the last decade, the costs for energy have increased by more than 100 %. As washing and drying of textiles are energy consuming processes, energy costs have become a massive cost factor for laundries.
In addition, saving energy is a key issue for protecting the environment. For example, for each kWh of energy 0.2 kg of CO2 is produced when using natural gas, and with other energy sources this value is even higher. These values sum up to 120 to 150 kg of CO2 for each ton of steam which is produced in a steam generator.
For this reason, module 5 shows possibilities of reducing heating energy in washing processes and opportunities of optimizing drying processes with regard to energy consumption.
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