Energy is one of the most crucial resource that drives and defines the sustainability of the firm and hence, it is recommended by different scholars to use it with great accuracy and efficiency. The efficiency of the energy not only depends on the use of the power but the equipment that are producing and using the energy. The discussed report will assess the use of the energy used within the food and drink processing system. The conversion of energy between different equipment and the way they are used will be assessed taking consideration of a small industry will be discussed before concluding and offering recommendation for energy sustainability.
The subject of the paper is a small industry that brews beer and will take account of its energy consumption and conversion in different processes involve in beer brewing (Safdar, Ilyas and Malik, 2017). The organisation taken in consideration is a microbrewery with around 150 employees to carry out the process of beer brewing. A hypothetical organisation has been selected to discuss the case. The reason for selecting a hypothetical organisation lays base on a microbrewery has multiple machineries and tools that are used to complete the brewing process (Kubule et al., 2016). The most prominent energy consumers are the refrigeration, packaging unit, air compressor, brewing unit, lighting systems, boilers and others. The machineries and tools discussed are the prominent processes of the brewery and the process that consumes most of the energy is the refrigeration process followed by the air compressing, brewing, lightening, boiling and rest of the processes (Thollander et al, 2015).
The energy consumption and processing of each of the units that are part of the brewing process can be calculated by using the assistance of the energy meter that are attached with the instruments (Williams and Mekonen, 2014). Additionally, the past energy reports of the firm can be of great assistance in measuring the energy consumption of the instruments. It should also be noted that the energy rating of the instruments also needs to be taken in consideration to reach on an accurate result from the energy audit (Lujara, 2015). Measuring of the heat can also prove to be of great benefit as it will enable the assist in devising the strategy for the renewable use of the energy released.
The flow of energy has it’s influenced through four key factors:
The usage of energy is basically done by converting from one form to another (Iddrisu and Bhattacharyya, 2015). In fact, the energy gets generated with the source that serves the end-use of energy. There are number of steps for conversion were the energy get flows. The words “utilisation” and “generation” are bit confusing as there is no such energy that can get created or destroy (Fiorani, Guo and Kleij, 2015).
The promotion with National Green Technology provide direction and motivation that can be built in four ways: (1) Environment; (2) Energy; (4) Social and (5) Economy. The pillar of energy gets emphasized by attaining the energy independence and are utilized by promoting efficiency.
The five objectives of the policy are as follow: (1) economic development can enhance the growth of the energy consumption that gets minimize, (2) the industry with Green Technology have a growth that get facilitate and through national economy it enhances the contribution, (3) the development with the Green Technology increases the national capability and innovation capacity which enhance the global arena of the Green Technology, (4) For the generation of the future it ensure environment conserve and sustainable development and (5) on the Green Technology the awareness and education of the public get enhance and encourage the widespread use.
For a long term sustainable development, it is better to develop a plans for which the renewable energy gets utilize for a series of plans. Through renewable energy 56% electricity could be generated, of which 43% is contributed to large hydropower (Kousksou et al., 2014). The renewable energy has developed much slower due to the low energy prices. The processing of energy for the food and drink requires high cost which can optimize the utilization of energy and prevent by getting loss for which it is better to measure the utilized amount. Through this the energy audit develop a standard with regular consumption of energy and also reduces the wastage of energy and the cost. Thus, the study for the energy audit about the lead to energy conservation and future operation of brews beer measure the performance.
The efficiency of energy conversion is high that can save the energy. The efficiency of the system is high which losses the heat from one converter and utilize those energies to input into another computer and such process is called as waste heat utilization. The drying of the industrial product utilizes the heat in agro-processing.
There are some principle where the fuel is specified by knowing the content of the energy. The fuel heating value or the calorific value content chemical energy (Chong et al., 2015). Thus, it is easier to comparing different fuel that has different content of energy. It is easier to work out for fuel that is equivalent to another fuel (Mathiesen et al, 2015). The energy resources could get quantify and through it the amount of energy could be achieve depending on the energy that has been utilised for converting the energy for efficiencies (Schleich and Fleiter, 2016). The use of energy is though very limited to the industry. With practice, the source of energy get compare which can replace the value with the form of energy.
The stability for the supply of energy provide a guideline for the policy of energy that has three principal objectives (Chong et al., 2015).
Conclusion
In this study, it is concluded that technology adoption has its influence on the environmental emissions were energy get easily supply. The study has define the sustainability of the form. The use of power has the energy efficiency which is equip by using and producing energy. The hypothetical organisation has selected a microbrewery and has tools that use the brewing process. When the energy get generated, the cost of the energy gets available with the resources. The energy get consume with cooling comfort, passenger transport and illumination which get influence by the energy variation. The prominent processes for brewery is discussed through tools and machineries which the refrigeration process consumes the energy which compresses the air. The conversation of energy is basically done by converting from one form to another. The paper has also provided information for long term sustainability development which develop a plan that utilize the renewable energy for a series of plan.
The figure below recommended to identify the comparison between the specific power and the specific energy which has a storage weight when energy get generated.
Fig 1: Challenges with SME
(Source: Sharma 2014)
The picture attached above cites the challenges of SMEs and based upon that the following recommendations have been made:
Fig 2: IoT model of Industry
(Source: Ratan 2017)
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