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As the largest output and export province of ceramic tiles in China,
Guangdong has been faced with the contradictory problem that the ceramic
tile industry brings both huge economic benefits and adverse environmental
impacts. To promote energy conservation and emission reduction in the
ceramic tile industry, the activity of “Cleaner Production Auditing for a
Thousand Voluntary Industrial Enterprises” has been held since 2010 in
Guangdong. This study presents a comprehensive application of cleaner
production in a typical medium-scale ceramic tile plant, which has initially
taken part in the cleaner production activity. On the basis of pre-auditing
conducted in the selected plant, key auditing procedures and main objectives
were determined. After the analysis of material balance and energy efficiency
in key auditing procedures, 31 different measures, including facility replacement,
technology improvement, process control, raw material and waste reutilization,
plant management, and worker training, have been proposed and implemented
in a feasible way. Through the cleaner production application, the plant
achieved the expected objectives and obtained obvious progress in energy
conservation and emission reduction. For each unit product, the consumption
of energy and water were cut down by 4.3% and 22.33%, respectively. The SO2
emission per unit product was also reduced by 8% after the cleaner production.
Although the cleaner production is a continuous process in this case,
it provides a theoretical and practical basis for the sustainable development
of other ceramic tile production enterprises.
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