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Halychyna Milk Company
1. The main business of the
Haly
chyna Milk Company, Ltd.
is milk processing and dairy
product manufacturing. The
annual output (2019-2020 da-
ta) is at 80 thousand ton, of
them 40% milk, 55% fermented
milk products and the rest is
butter and powdered skimmed
milk. The enterprise intends to
double its output in 2021.
The enterprise uses electric-
ity, natural gas and solid fu-
el (wood chips) to power up
its manufacturing processes
like cold, compressed air and
steam generation. Produc-
tion output increase in the
past years has also let to the
growth in energy resource
consumption and volume of
related GHG emissions.
About the Company
production costs.
While looking for efficient
solutions, the company received
assistance in the increasing ener-
gy efficiency of its production by
partici-pating into the Advisory
Services for Energy Efficiency
in Companies Project imple-
mented in Ukraine by Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
commissioned by the German
Government in political partner-
ship with the Ministry of Econo-
my of Ukraine.
Starting in October 2018,
the team of national and inter-
national certified energy au-
ditors held energy efficiency
and investment grade audits
of the enterprise according to
the standard ISO 50002, types
2 and 3. Based on energy au-
dit results recommendations
In conditions of considerable en-
ergy consumption energy man-
agement and energy efficiency
become increasingly relevant;
hence, environmental policy has
become one of the priorities of
company operation. The range
of most topical matters in the
agenda of the enterprise includes
reduction of energy carrier con-
sumption to reduce adverse en-
vironment effects and reduce
Path to Success
Establishment date
Location
Industry
No. shops
No. working shifts
Working shift duration
Staff
Output
1998
Radekhiv,
L’viv Oblast
Dairy
13
2/3
12/8
500
80 000
hours
tons/year
Electricity
Natural gas
Solid fuel (wood chips)
Total emissions
8 628,31
659 377
9 122
9 106
9 644,00
653 000
10 100
10 022
MWh
m3
m3
tCO2eq
/year
2018 2019
Indicators
Review
Pilot Projects
on Energy Modernisation
in Industry
Halychyna Milk
Company, Ltd.
МІНІСТЕРСТВО ЕКОНОМІКИ УКРАЇНИ
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2. The energy audit results allowed the
company identify spots of inefficient
use of energy resources within its
production processes and reasons for
that. On their basis, a range of energy
efficiency measures aimed at increas-
ing energy efficiency were designed.
Energy Efficiency
Measures
on energy efficiency measures
were developed. The company
implemented some of these thus
reducing the share of energy in
unit production costs. Specifical-
ly, thermal insulation of steam
and ice-water pipes was carried
out and boiler economisers were
replaced. Moreover, a range of
measures was implemented to
set up an enterprise-wide system
Network (LEEN Lviv) that also
had been established with sup-
port from the Advisory Services
for Energy Efficiency in Compa-
nies Project. LEEN Lviv joined
11 enterprises of the region that
have committed for reducing
energy consumption by 6.33 GW
in two years and cutting on
GHG emissions accordingly.
The enterprises in the Network
of energy carrier consumption
monitoring.
Parallel to that, a person-
nel training was carried out with
support from the GIZ during
which company professionals re-
ceived new knowledge on energy
efficiency specific for enterprise’s
manufacturing processes.
In late 2018, Halychyna
joined Lviv Energy Efficiency
regularly meet to exchange in-
novative practices and acquired
experience of energy efficiency
measures implementation. Hal-
ychyna made a substantial con-
tribution into assisting the LEEN
Lviv beat the taken commitment
by more than 50% and jointly
save 10.55 GWh energy.
Thermal Insulation of Ice-
Water Pipes
Photo:
The absence of insulation on
certain steam pipe sections and
rotating valves led to substantial
losses at heat carrier transfer.
That was confirmed during the
thermal imaging survey within
the scope of the energy audit.
Respectively, the company in-
sulated the steam pipes and the
rotating valves. With a view of a
rather high (120°С+) temperature
of the heat carrier, it was decided
to use insulation material with
adequate specifications: mineral
wool cylinders with aluminium
liners and thermal conductivity
of 0.04 W/(m·К) (at 25°С), densi-
ty of 80-100 kg/m3
and working
temperature of up to 250°С.
In the second quarter of 2019
more than 300 m of pipes and all
rotating valves were insulated.
As the company had no required
technical resources to implement
the measure, it was decided to in-
volved a third-party provider.
That allowed the compa-
ny to reduce heat losses in the
steam pipes by 40.7% and save
UAH 293 thousand/year. Besides,
the measure allowed enhancing
labour safety for enterprise em-
ployees as thermal insulation of
high-temp sections reduced the
probability of labour accidents.
Duration of procurement procedure
Duration of implementation
Implementation period
Implementation costs
Energy losses
before implementation
after implementation
Energy loss reduction
Savings from implementation
Simple payback period
Emission reduction
1 month
3 months
06.-08.2019
191 000
1 059,20
628 10
431,10
40,7
293 000
8 months
87
UAH
MWh/year
MWh/year
MWh/year
%
UAH/year
tCO2eq
/year
Indicators
Thermal Insulation of Steam Pipes
Thermal Insulation of Steam
Pipes
Photo:
3. Thermal Insulation of Ice-Water Pipes
Following energy audit recom-
mendations, the company also
implemented a range of meas-
ures on thermal insulation of
ice-water pipes. Pipe insulation
provides for better maintenance
of the water temperature with-
out additional load of respective
equipment. It should be noted
that cooling installations for
ice-water production consume
a lot of electricity, more than
2.5 GW/year. The lack of insula-
tion led to increased electricity
consumption and consequently,
higher costs.
For thermal insulation min-
eral wool covered with foam rub-
ber and protected with aluminium
liner was used. The key specifica-
tions of the foam rubber are: ther-
mal conductivity: 0.035 W/(m·К);
density: 50-65 kg/m3
; working
temperature range from -60°С
to + 130°С; water-absorbing ca-
pacity: 10% max. The selection of
this insulation material was also
related to its relatively low cost,
non-flammability and durability.
An external contractor was
also involved in the implementa-
tion of this measure. During 2019,
about 70% of pipelines were in-
sulated.
Thermal insulation works
for the remaining pipelines
are scheduled for completion
in 2021.
The monitoring of electric-
ity consumption by the refriger-
ation equipment has shown the
electricity consumption after the
insulation of ice-water pipelines
is almost 80 MWh/year, or 3%
less. At the same time, the annu-
al savings due to the implemen-
tation of the measure stand at
UAH 223,156.
Duration of procurement procedure
Duration of implementation
Implementation costs
Energy losses
before implementation
after implementation
Скорочення втрат енергії
Savings from implementation
Simple payback period
Emission reduction
1 year 1 month
01.2019 – 02.2020
461 000
2 656,62
2 576,95
79,70
30
223 156
2 years 1 month
73
UAH
MWh/year
MWh/year
MWh/year
%
UAH/year
tCO2eq
/year
Indicators
Replacement of Boiler Economisers
Optimising the heat generating
system be-came the next meas-
ure. The heat generated at the
enterprise is partly from two
DKVR 4/13 solid fuel-fired boil-
er plants that use wood chips as
the main fuel. The economisers
installed in the boilers have the
efficiency of only 20% and 40%
respectively. Therefore, a deci-
sion to replace them was made.
It resulted in two economisers,
one of roll type, another of tubu-
lar type. The measure was imple-
mented by a specialist contractor.
Replacing the old econo-
misers with new ones increased
the heating system efficiency
by 1.9%. The implementation
of the measure has been sav-
ing the company more than
UAH 130 thousand/year.
Duration of implementation
for Boiler 1
for Boiler 2
Implementation period
for Boiler 1
for Boiler 2
Implementation costs
Energy utilisation
before implementation
after implementation
Energy savings
Savings from implementation
Simple payback period
Emission reduction
1 month
1 month
09.2019
10.2020
362 000
87,61
250,30
162,69
286
130 157
2 years 9 months
66
UAH
MWh/year
MWh/year
MWh/year
%
UAH/year
tCO2eq
/year
Indicators
The first step towards energy
efficiency is about setting up an
energy consumption monitoring
system. The commercial elec-
tricity and natural gas metering
equipment available at the en-
terprise does not allow tracking
of consumption per each pro-
duction site separately. On top
of that, this metering equipment
is owned by distribution system
operators and sealed by them
limiting access for the consumer.
The technical metering of
electricity was limited to a group
of meters recording power con-
sumption of refrigerator com-
pressors. The technical metering
of gas only covered consumption
for heating purposes.
In order to be able to more
accurately measure the energy
efficiency indicators of all pro-
duction processes, as well as to
evaluate the results of the imple-
mented measures, the company
decided to build an energy con-
sumption monitoring system.
Halychyna started imple-
menting this idea with its own
Implementation of Energy Monitoring System
resources: it purchased 6 elec-
tricity meters for a total of
UAH
54,000 and linked them
into a technical metering system.
Thanks to participation in the
Project on Advisory Services for
Energy Efficiency in Companies,
the company was able to bring
the work to a new level. The com-
pany had an energy monitoring
concept developed for it, and the
project procured the necessary
equipment: 2 loggers, 2 GPRS
routers, also 11 electricity me-
ters, 27 current transformers and
2 gas meters. A relevant training
was held for company's special-
ists as users of the monitoring
system.
Thanks to the implemen-
tation of the energy monitoring
system the company will be able
to establish a continuous control
of energy consumption and re-
spond to deviations in a timely
manner, as well as determine
energy efficiency indicators for
the production cycle and assess
the performance of implemented
measures.