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Table 2a contains representative facility energy use and production data for the commercial bakery example that weve discussed in the lectures. Table 2a: Energy and
Table 2a contains representative facility energy use and production data for the commercial bakery example that weve discussed in the lectures.
Table 2a: Energy and production data for a commercial bakery | |
Production of baked bread (kg/year) | 500,000 |
Production of frozen dough (kg/year) | 400,000 |
Natural gas used to generate steam (TJ/yr) | 0.97 |
Natural gas used directly in baking ovens (TJ/yr) | 2.31 |
Electricity use (MWh/yr) | 461 |
Table 2b contains data specific to baked bread and frozen dough production at this commercial bakery, which one might obtain through measurements taken at each process.
Table 2b: Process energy requirements for each product line | ||||
Product | Process | Natural use for steam (MJ/kg) | Direct natural gas use (MJ/kg) | Electricity use (kWh/kg) |
Baked bread | Mix | - | - | 0.02 |
Ferment | 0.84 | - | - | |
Shape | - | - | 0.06 | |
Proof | 0.46 | - | - | |
Bake | 0.39 | 3.58 | 0.05 | |
Cool | - | - | 0.08 | |
Slice | - | - | 0.04 | |
Package | - | - | 0.08 | |
Frozen dough | Mix | - | - | 0.07 |
Form and chill | 0.32 | - | - | |
Bake | - | 1.30 | 0.01 | |
Cool | - | - | 0.52 | |
Finish | - | - | 0.07 | |
Package | - | - | 0.07 |
Your job is to determine the energy inputs attributable to baked bread and frozen dough. Youll do this by using the information in Tables 4a and 4b to assign the facilitys inputs of natural gas (for steam), natural gas (direct use), and electricity to the baked bread and frozen dough production lines. In other words, youll divide the facility into its sub-processes to avoid arbitrary allocation of facility energy inputs between its two co-products. This problem is similar to the bakery example we discussed in the class about avoiding allocation by breaking the process into detailed sub-processes.
- How much of the facilitys annual natural gas use for steam is attributable to just the baked bread? Use units of TJ/year in your answer. (10 points)
- How much of the facilitys annual direct natural gas use is attributable to just the baked bread? Use units of TJ/year in your answer. (10 points)
- How much of the facilitys annual electricity use is attributable to just the baked bread? Use units of MWh/year in your answer. (10 points)
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