The energy audit was carried out at the Nigerian Niger state's Hommec Technology Company in Suleja. The business specializes in casting and metal fabrication. There are 27 employees working in this 150 square meter industry, it has a wide variety of heavy machinery and equipment, including crucible and copula furnaces, shearing, lathes, milling machines, power presses, and welding sets, cutters, air compressors, air conditioners, drill machines, sheet rounding machines, and hand grinders. The Abuja Electricity Company serves as the company's main source of electricity, with two enormous generating sets serving as a backup.  Temperature, electrical readings, and flow rates were measured using portable test instruments such as the multimeter, lux meter, manometer, digital tachometer, power analyzer, and infrared thermocouple.The factory floor area, the power rating of every piece of machinery and equipment that runs on electricity, and the amount of electricity consumed monthly over a 12-month period were all recorded, all data were presented both tabularly and graphically.  In just two months, the energy audit was finished.

Reference:Olatunde Ajani Oyelaran, Yau Yusuf Twada, Olawale Monsur Sanusi; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University, Oye – Ekiti, Nigeria; Heavy Machinery and Equipment Development Institute, Bauchi, Nigeria.

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