Australian resources
- Energy Efficiency Best Practice Guide: Steam, Hot Water and Process Heating Systems 2009 (Opens in a new window)
- Sustainability Victoria
- PDF 981 KB
- Website
A comprehensive step-by-step guide to improving energy efficiency and achieving best practice in boilers, steam systems, hot water systems and process heating.
- Boiler Optimisation 2006
Optimising the performance of a boiler and its associated steam distribution system reduces running costs and improves site operations. This section of the Sustainability Victoria website contains detailed information about different boiler applications, optimising boiler performance and efficient steam systems.
- Energy in Dairy 2012
- Victorian Department of Primary Industries
This series of fact sheets provides examples of the range of technologies and strategies available to improve energy efficiency on a dairy farm. Fact sheet topics include an overview of energy efficiency, solar panel systems, solar hot water systems, thermal heat recovery, LPG water heating and variable speed drives.
- Eco-efficiency for Australian Dairy Processors - Boiler Optimisation 2004 (Opens in a new window)
- Dairy Australia
- PDF 720 KB
Dairy processing plants can use up to 80% of their total energy requirement to produce the steam and hot water needed for evaporative, heating and drying processes. This fact sheet outlines how optimising boilers can lead to increased capacity and considerable savings in water, energy and chemicals.
International resources
- Steam and High Temperature Hot Water Boilers: Technology Overview 2012
This technology overview introduces the main energy saving opportunities for steam and high temperature hot water boilers and demonstrates how simple actions save energy, cut costs and increase profit margins.
Note, this publication is free to access, but users must register first.
- Process Heating - Introducing Energy Saving Measures for Business 2008
This technology overview introduces the main energy saving opportunities for steam and high temperature hot water boilers and demonstrates how simple actions save energy, cut costs and increase profit margins.
Note, this publication is free to access, but users must register first.
- Improving Process Heating System Performance: A Sourcebook for Industry 2007 (Opens in a new window)
- US Department of Energy
- PDF 1.2 MB
This extensive resource outlines all aspects of process heating system performance, from the basics through to identifying improvement opportunities and assessment tools.
- Improving Steam System Performance: A Sourcebook for Industry 2012 (Opens in a new window)
- Us Department of Energy
- PDF 1.9 MB
This resource provides a reference on steam system components, opportunities for energy and performance improvements and the benefits of a systems approach.
- Boilers 2009
This Canadian resource outlines the fundamentals of the various types of boilers in use and the technologies that are currently available.