Industrial power plant
An industrial power plant (abbreviated IKW) is a power plant for converting energy that is used in an industrial company . This can primarily be electrical and thermal, but also mechanical energy (for example in the form of rotation of a shaft ). Particularly to offers cogeneration to when thermal energy in the form of process energy (especially process steam is to be used), or even Production and administration buildings to be heated using the waste heat.
- “ In 1950, 38.7% of the electricity demand in the old federal states was still covered by industrial power plants. This proportion fell to 10.5% in 1996. "
Electricity generation by industrial power plants in Germany has shown a downward trend since the 1990s, with generation of around 75 TWh in 1991 and around 45 TWh in 2014.
Historically, mills can be viewed as an early form of industrial power plant. In the case of a windmill , the mill itself is to be equated with the power station building; In the case of a water mill , the drive power gained via the mill wheel can be used for a wide variety of purposes in the adjacent building. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution , the steam engine has been used to convert heat into mechanical energy, gradually replacing the energy sources wind and water. Later on, electrical machines were also used to transmit energy and thus decoupled the place of conversion from that of use. In the course of time and with increasing outputs, the power plants were increasingly housed in buildings outside the actual factory hall. This resulted in industrial power plants in their current form as steam and / or electricity suppliers.
As companies producing around the clock, industrial power plants should in principle be viewed as base load power plants .
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- ↑ Volker Quaschning: System technology for a climate-friendly electricity supply in Germany for the 21st century . Progress reports VDI, Series 6, No. 437, VDI-Verlag 2000.
- ↑ BMWi. n. d. Electricity generation in own industrial plants in Germany from 1991 to 2014 (in terawatt hours). Statista. Accessed April 20, 2016. Available at http://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/253275/umfrage/stromerzeugung-in-industrielle-eigenanlagen-in-deutschland/