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Training Session on Energy

Equipment

Waste Heat Recovery

Presentation from the
Energy Efficiency Guide for Industry in Asia
www.energyefficiencyasia.org

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Training Agenda: Waste
Introduction
Type of waste heat recovery
Assessment of waste heat recovery
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Introduction
Dumped heat that can still be
reused
Value (quality) more important than
quantity
Waste heat recovery saves fuel
What is Waste Heat?
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Introduction
Source and Quality
Table: Waste heat source and quality
S. No Source of Waste Heat Quality of Waste Heat
1 Heat in flue gases The higher the temperature, the greater the
potential value for heat recovery
2 Heat in vapour streams As above but when condensed, latent heat
also recoverable
3 Convective & radiant heat lost
from exterior of equipment
Low grade if collected may be used for
space heating or air preheats
4 Heat losses in cooling water Low grade useful gains if heat is exchanged
with incoming fresh water
5 Heat losses in providing
chilled water or in the
disposal of chilled water
1.High grade if it can be utilized to reduce
demand for refrigeration
2.Low grade if refrigeration unit used as a
form of Heat pump
6 Heat stored in products
leaving the process
Quality depends upon temperature
7 Heat in gaseous & liquid
effluents leaving process
Poor if heavily contaminated & thus requiring
alloy heat exchanger
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Introduction
High Temperature Heat Recovery
Table: Typical waste heat temperature at high temperature
range from various sources
Types of Devices Temperature (
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C)
Nickel refining furnace 1370 1650
Aluminium refining furnace 650 760
Zinc refining furnace 760 1100
Copper refining furnace 760 815
Steel heating furnace 925 1050
Copper reverberatory furnace 900 1100
Open hearth furnace 650 700
Cement kiln (Dry process) 620 730
Glass melting furnace 1000 1550
Hydrogen plants 650 1000
Solid waste incinerators 650 1000
Fume incinerators 650 1450
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Medium Temperature Heat
Recovery
Table: Typical waste heat temperature at medium temperature range
from various sources
Types of Devices Temperature (
0
C)
Steam boiler exhaust 230 480
Gas turbine exhaust 370 540
Reciprocating engine exhaust 315 600
Reciprocating engine exhaust (turbo
charged)
230 370
Heat treatment furnace 425 650
Drying & baking ovens 230 600
Catalytic crackers 425 650
Annealing furnace cooling systems 425 650
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Low Temperature Heat Recovery
Source Temperature
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Process steam condensate 55-88
Cooling water from: Furnace doors 32-55
Bearings 32-88
Welding machines 32-88
Injection molding machines 32-88
Annealing furnaces 66-230
Forming dies 27-88
Air compressors 27-50
Pumps 27-88
Internal combustion engines 66-120
Air conditioning and refrigeration condensers 3243
Liquid still condensers 32-88
Drying, baking and curing ovens 93-230
Hot processed liquids 32-232
Hot processed solids 93-232
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Training Agenda: Waste
Introduction
Type of waste heat recovery
Performance evaluation
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Type of Waste Heat Recovery
Commercial Waste Heat Recovery
Recuperators
Heat exchange
between flue gases and
the air through
metallic/ceramic walls
Ducts/tubes carry
combustion air for
preheating
Waste heat stream on
other side
Inlet air from
atmosphere
Outside
ducting
Tune plate
Preheated
air
Centre tube plate
Exhaust gas
from process
Figure 1 : Waste heat recovery
using recuperator, Source: SEAV
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Type of Waste Heat Recovery
Commercial Waste
Heat Recovery
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Simplest recuperator
Two metal tubes
Less fuel is burned per
furnace load
Heat transfer mosly by
radiation
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Type of Waste Heat Recovery
Commercial Waste Heat Recovery
Convective
recuperators
Figure 3. Convective
Recuperator
(Reay, D.A., 1996)

Hot gas through
parallel small diameter
tubes
Tubes can be baffled
to allow gas to pass
over them again
Baffling increases heat
exchange but more
expensive exchanger
is needed
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Type of Waste Heat Recovery
Commercial Waste Heat Recovery
Radiation/convective
hybrid recuperators
Figure 4. Hybrid Recuperator
(Reay, D.A., 1996)
Combinations of
radiation & convection
More effective heat
transfer
More expensive but less
bulky than simple
metallic radiation
recuperators
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Type of Waste Heat Recovery
Commercial Waste Heat Recovery
Ceramic recuperators
Less temperature limitations:
Operation on gas side up to 1550 C
Operation on preheated air side to 815 C
New designs
Last two years
Air preheat temperatures <700 C
Lower leakage rates
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Type of Waste Heat Recovery
Regenerator
Figure 5. Regenerator
(Department of Coal, India, 1985)
Large capacities
Glass and steel melting
furnaces
Time between the
reversals important to
reduce costs
Heat transfer in old
regenerators reduced by
Dust & slagging on
surfaces
heat losses from the
walls
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Type of Waste Heat Recovery
Heat Wheels
Figure 6. Heat Wheel
(SADC, 1999)
Porous disk rotating
between two side-by-
side ducts
Low to medium
temperature waste
heat recovery
systems
Heat transfer
efficiency up to 85 %
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Type of Waste Heat Recovery
Heat Pipe
Figure 7. Heat Pipe
(SADC, 1999)
Transfer up to 100
times more thermal
energy than copper
Three elements:
- sealed container
- capillary wick
structure
- working fluid
Works with
evaporation and
condensation
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Type of Waste Heat Recovery
Heat Pipe
Performance and advantage
Lightweight and compact
No need for mechanical maintenance, input power,
cooling water and lubrication systems
Lowers the fan horsepower requirement and
increases the overall thermal efficiency of the
system
Can operate at 315 C with 60% to 80% heat
recovery
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Type of Waste Heat Recovery
Heat Pipe
Typical application
Process to space heating
- Transfers thermal energy from process
exhaust for building heating
Process to process
- Transfers recovered waste thermal energy from
the process to the incoming process air
HVAC applications
- Cooling and heating by recovering thermal
energy
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Type of Waste Heat Recovery
Economizer
Figure 8. Economizer
(Bureau of Energy Efficiency,
2004)
Utilize the flue gas heat for pre-heating the boiler
feed water
1% fuel savings if
60 C rise of feed
water
200 C rise in
combustion air temp
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Type of Waste Heat Recovery
Economizer
Shell and tube heat exchanger
Used when the medium containing waste heat is a
liquid or a vapor that heats another liquid
Figure 9. Shell & Tube Heat Exchanger
(King Fahad University of Petroleum & Minerals,
2003)
Shell contains
the tube bundle,
and usually
internal baffles
to direct the
fluid
Vapor
contained
within the shell
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Type of Waste Heat Recovery
Plate Heat Exchanger
Figure 10. Plate Heat Exchanger
(Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food)
Parallel plates forming a thin flow pass
Avoids high cost of heat exchange surfaces
Corrugated
plates to
improve heat
transfer
When directions
of hot and cold
fluids are
opposite, the
arrangement is
counter current
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Type of Waste Heat Recovery
Plate Heat Exchanger
Run around coil exchanger
Figure 11. Run Around Coil Exchanger
(SADC , 1999)
Heat transfer
from hot to
colder fluid via
heat transfer
fluid
One coil in hot
stream
One coil in cold
stream
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Type of Waste Heat Recovery
Plate Heat Exchanger
Waste heat boiler
Figure 12. Two-Pass Water Tube Waste
Heat Recovery Boiler
(Canada Agriculture and Agri-Food)
Water tube boiler: hot
exhaust gases pass
over parallel tubes
with water
Capacities: 25 m3 to
30,000 m3 /min of
exhaust gas
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Type of Waste Heat Recovery
Heat Pump
Figure 13. Heat Pump Arrangement
(SADC, 1999)
The vapour
compression cycle
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Type of Waste Heat Recovery
Heat Pump
Developed as a space heating system
Can upgrade heat >2X the energy
consumed by the device
Most promising when heating and cooling
capabilities are combined
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Type of Waste Heat Recovery
Heat Pump
Thermo compressor
Compress low-pressure steam by very high-
pressure steam and reuse as medium pressure
steam
Nozzle for acceleration of HP steam to a high
velocity fluid.
Figure: Thermo compressor
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Training Agenda: Waste
Introduction
Type of waste heat recovery
Assessment of waste heat recovery
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Assessment of waste heat
recovery
Quality:
Higher temperatures = Higher quality = Lower heat
recovery costs
Quantity:
The amount of recoverable heat can be calculated as:
Heat Losses
Q = heat content in kCal
V = the flow rate of the substance in m3/hr
= density of the flue gas in kg/m3
Cp = the specific heat of the substance in
kCal/kg oC
T = the temperature difference in oC
Cp (Specific heat of flue gas) = 0.24
kCal/kg/oC

Q = V x x Cp x T
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Heat Saving Calculation Example
Saving money by recovering heat from hot waste
water:
Q = m x Cp x T x

Discharge of the waste water is 10000 kg/hr at 75C
Preheat 10000 kg/hr of cold inlet water of 20C
A heat recovery factor of 58%
An operation of 5000 hours per year

The annual heat saving (Q) is:
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Heat Saving Calculation Example
m = 1000 kg/hr = 10000 x 5000 kg/yr = 50000000
kg/year
Cp = 1 kCal/kg C
T = (75 20) C = 55 C
= Heat Recovery Factor = 58% or 0.58




GCV of Oil = 10,200 kCal/kg
Equivalent Oil Savings = 159500000 / 10200 =
156372 L
Cost of Oil = 0.35 USD/L
Monetary Savings = 54730 USD/Annum
Q = 50000000 x 1 x 55 x 0.58
= 1595000000 kCal/year
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Waste Heat Recovery


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Disclaimer and References
This PowerPoint training session was prepared as part of
the project Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction from
Industry in Asia and the Pacific (GERIAP). While
reasonable efforts have been made to ensure that the
contents of this publication are factually correct and
properly referenced, UNEP does not accept responsibility for
the accuracy or completeness of the contents, and shall not
be liable for any loss or damage that may be occasioned
directly or indirectly through the use of, or reliance on, the
contents of this publication. UNEP, 2006.
The GERI AP project was funded by the Swedish
I nternational Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
Full references are included in the textbook chapter that is
available on www.energyefficiencyasia.org