Energy footprint assessment in Abadan oil refinery and solutions to achieve green productivity goals

The aim of this article is to analyze SEC critically in relation to refinery industrial energy efficiency. In this study, the effect of various parameters such as input energy carriers, output energy, API value, and input refining oil was investigated. Specific energy consumption of unit and standard criterion was obtained 2.30 and 3.06 Gj/ton, respectively, that the total specific energy consumption is 24.83% less than the standard criterion. The use of a high-tech process for promoting Green Productivity and increasing the degree of complexity is the most important parameter affecting the reduction of energy footprint, improvement of energy consumption criteria, and standardization of the Abadan oil refinery.