Formation of energy savings directions at oil and fat industry enterprises of Ukraine

Abstract

In the Ukrainian economy, due to the high energy intensity of gross domestic product (2.6 times higher than the industrialized countries of the world), rising prices for traditional fuel and energy resources, increasing energy imports, the problem of energy saving in Ukraine is one of the topical and strategic value. One of the largest consumers of the fuel and energy resources of the food industry is the oil and fat industry. A generic indicator of the efficiency of energy use at the oil and fat industry is energy intensity of production, ie an indicator characterizing the total costs of fuel and energy resources for the production of a unit of finished products. The article analyzes in detail the indices of the use of fuel and energy resources as a whole for the oil and fat industry, for certain types of its products, as well as for individual enterprises of this industry. The main priority directions of energy efficiency improvement in the oil and fat industry are identified and substantiated, which the authors refer to: creation of an energy complex for burning sunflower husk with obtaining heat and electricity, granulation of husk with its further use as an alternative bio-economic entity. Specific recommendations have been developed to reduce the energy content of oil and fat products through the development of highly efficient energy-saving technologies, circuits, lines, units, units and energy-efficient equipment at industrial enterprises.