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Analysis of Energy Consumption in Professional Laundry Care Process

BOBÁK, P.; PAVLAS, M.; KŠENZULIAK, V.; STEHLÍK, P.

Original Title

Analysis of Energy Consumption in Professional Laundry Care Process

English Title

Analysis of Energy Consumption in Professional Laundry Care Process

Type

Peer-reviewed article not indexed in WoS or Scopus

Original Abstract

In comparison with washing at home the professional laundry care process in commercial laundry premises presents an environment-friendly alternative. Experience from up-to-date premises with capacity up to 5000 tons of linen p. a. shows that only from 5 to 6 litres of water are necessary for each kilogram of linen. In case of washing at home the water requirement exceeds 20 l/kg. The same tendency can be observed in energy consumption as well as dosing rate of detergents. A way to drive down operational costs is the whole process optimization and integration of various pieces of equipment such as heat exchangers for effluent water waste heat utilization. However, the basic condition for good results is that the solution has to be hand-tailored for the specific premises.

English abstract

In comparison with washing at home the professional laundry care process in commercial laundry premises presents an environment-friendly alternative. Experience from up-to-date premises with capacity up to 5000 tons of linen p. a. shows that only from 5 to 6 litres of water are necessary for each kilogram of linen. In case of washing at home the water requirement exceeds 20 l/kg. The same tendency can be observed in energy consumption as well as dosing rate of detergents. A way to drive down operational costs is the whole process optimization and integration of various pieces of equipment such as heat exchangers for effluent water waste heat utilization. However, the basic condition for good results is that the solution has to be hand-tailored for the specific premises.

Keywords

optimization of professional laundry care process, professional laundry care process, water and energy consumption, operational costs savings

Key words in English

optimization of professional laundry care process, professional laundry care process, water and energy consumption, operational costs savings

Authors

BOBÁK, P.; PAVLAS, M.; KŠENZULIAK, V.; STEHLÍK, P.

RIV year

2011

Released

28.08.2010

Publisher

AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.

Location

Milano, Italy

ISBN

1974-9791

Periodical

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Volume

21

Number

1

State

Republic of Italy

Pages from

109

Pages to

114

Pages count

6

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/

BibTex

@article{BUT50642,
  author="Petr {Bobák} and Martin {Pavlas} and Vladimír {Kšenzuliak} and Petr {Stehlík}",
  title="Analysis of Energy Consumption in Professional Laundry Care Process",
  journal="Chemical Engineering Transactions",
  year="2010",
  volume="21",
  number="1",
  pages="109--114",
  issn="1974-9791"
}