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8.
Waste Heat Recovery (WHR)
8.1 Introduction
What is waste heat?

Waste heat is heat, which is generated
in a process by way of fuel combustion
or chemical reaction, and then
dumped into the environment even
though it could still be reused for some
useful and economic purpose.
Sources of Waste Heat
Boilers
Kilns
Ovens
Furnaces
DG Sets
Thermic Fluid Heaters
Low temperature process streams
Factors determining WHR

Quality
Heat Loss
Quantity
8.2 Classification and Application

Source
Quality
Heat in flue gases.
The higher the temperature,

the greater the potential value
for heat recovery
Heat in vapour streams.
As above but when

condensed, latent heat also
recoverable.
Convective and radiant heat

lost from exterior of
equipment
Low grade if collected may

be used for space heating or
air preheats.
Heat losses in cooling water.
Low grade useful gains if

heat is exchanged with
incoming fresh water.
Classification and Application

Source
Quality
Heat losses in providing

a)High grade if it can be
chilled water or in the disposal utilized to reduce demand for
of chilled water.
refrigeration.
b)Low grade if refrigeration
unit used as a form of heat
pump.
Heat stored in products
leaving the process
Quality depends upon

temperature.
Heat in gaseous and liquid Poor if heavily contaminated

effluents leaving process.
and thus requiring alloy heat
exchanger.
High Temperature Heat Recovery

Types of Device
Nickelrefiningfurnace
Temperature, oC
1370 1650
Aluminiumrefiningfurnace
650-760
Zincrefiningfurnace
760-1100
Copperreverberatoryfurnace
900-1100
Cementkiln(Dryprocess)
620- 730
Glassmeltingfurnace
1000-1550
Medium Temperature Heat Recovery

Types of Device
Temperature, oC
Steamboilerexhausts
230-480
Gasturbineexhausts
370-540
Reciprocatingengine
exhausts
315-600
Heattreatingfurnaces
425 - 650
Catalyticcrackers
425 - 650
Annealingfurnacecooling
systems
425 - 650
Low Temperature Heat Recovery

Source
Temperature, oC
Processsteamcondensate
55-88
Cooling water from:

Furnacedoors
32-55
Annealingfurnaces
66-230
Aircompressors
27-50
Airconditioningand
refrigerationcondensers
3243
8.3 Benefits of WHR

Direct benefits
Reduction in Pollution
Indirect benefits
Reduction in equipment
sizes
Reduction in auxiliary
Energy consumption
8.4 Development of Waste Heat

Recovery System
Understand the process
Sources and uses of waste heat
Upset conditions occurring in the plant due to heat
recovery
Availability of space
Any other constraint, such as dew point occurring in
an equipment, etc.
Economic evaluation of WHR System
8.5 Commercial WHR Devices
Recuperator
Regenerator
Heat Wheel
Heat Pipe
Economiser
Shell and tube heat exchanger
Waste heat boiler
Heat Pump
Thermocompressor
Direct contact heat exchanger
Recuperator
In a recuperator, heat
exchange takes place
between the flue gases and
the air through metallic or
ceramic walls. Duct or tubes
carry the air for combustion
to be pre-heated, the other
side contains the waste heat
stream.
Metallic Radiation Recuperator
The radiation recuperator

gets its name from the fact
that a substantial portion
of the heat transfer from
the hot gases to the
surface of the inner tube
takes place by radiative
heat transfer
Figure 8.2 Metallic Radiation Recuperator
Convective Recuperator
The hot gases are
carried through a
number of parallel small
diameter tubes, while
the incoming air to be
heated enters a shell
surrounding the tubes
and passes over the
hot tubes one or more
times in a direction
normal to their axes.
Convective Radiative Recuperator

For maximum effectiveness of
heat transfer, combinations of
radiation and convective
designs are used, with the
high-temperature radiation
recuperator being first followed
by convection type.
Ceramic Recuperator
In order to overcome the temperature
limitation of metallic recuperators which is
about 1000oC on the gas side, ceramic tube
recuperators have been developed.
The materials of ceramic recuperators allow
operation on the gas side up to 1300 oC and
on the preheated air side up to 850 oC.
Regenerator
The Regeneration which
is preferable for large
capacities has been very
widely used in glass and
steel melting furnaces.
Important relations exist
between the size of the
regenerator, time
between reversals,
thickness of brick,
conductivity of brick and
heat storage ratio of the
brick.
Heat Wheels
Widely used in low to
medium temperature waste
heat recovery systems.
A disk rotates
between two side-by-side
ducts: one a cold gas duct,
the other a hot gas duct.
As the disk slowly rotates,
sensible heat (moisture that
contains latent heat) is
transferred to the disk by
the hot air and, as the disk
rotates, from the disk to the
cold air.
Heat Pipe
wall
Heat pipe is a thermal energy absorbing and

transferring system and have no moving parts and
hence require minimum maintenance.
Economiser
Widely used in a
boiler system
1. To pre-heat the
boiler feed
water.
2. To pre-heat the
combustion air.
by utilizing the heat
in the flue gas.
Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger
When the medium containing waste heat is a liquid or a

vapor which heats another liquid, then the shell and tube
heat exchanger must be used since both paths must be
sealed to contain the pressures of their respective fluids.
Plate Heat Exchanger
Figure 8.10 Plate Heat Exchanger
The cost of heat exchange surfaces is a major factor when

the temperature differences are not large. In such case this
is used. Hot liquid passing through a bottom port in the head
is permitted to pass upwards between every second plate
while cold liquid at the top of the head is permitted to pass
downwards between the odd plates. When the directions of
hot & cold fluids are opposite, the arrangement is described
as counter current
Waste Heat Boilers

Waste heat boilers are ordinarily
water tube boilers in which the
hot exhaust gases from gas
turbines, incinerators, etc., pass
over a number of parallel tubes
containing water. The water is
vaporized in the tubes and
collected in a steam drum from
which it is drawn off for use as
heating or processing steam
Heat Pumps
Heat pump processes :

1. In the evaporator the heat is extracted from the heat source to
boil the circulating substance;
2. The circulating substance is compressed by the compressor,
raising its pressure and temperature; The low temperature
vapor is compressed by a compressor, which requires external
work. The work done on the vapor raises its pressure and
temperature to a level where its energy becomes available for
use
3. The heat is delivered to the condenser;
4. The pressure of the circulating substance (working fluid) is
reduced back to the evaporator condition in the throttling valve,
where the cycle repeats.
The heat pump was developed as a space heating system
The heat pumps have the ability to upgrade heat to a value more than twice
Thermocompressor
Motive
Steam
H.P
Discharge
Steam
M.P
SUCTION
STEAML.P.
The thermocompressor is a simple equipment with a nozzle

where HP steam is accelerated into a high velocity fluid. This
entrains the LP steam by momentum transfer and then
recompresses in a divergent venturi.
Direct Contact Heat Exchanger

Low pressure steam
may also be used to
preheat the feed water
or some other fluid
where miscibility is
acceptable. This
principle is used here.
VENT
COLD
WATER
IN
L.P.
STEAM
HOT
WATER

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8.

Waste Heat Recovery (WHR)

What is waste heat?

Sources of Waste Heat

Factors determining WHR

8.2 Classification and Application

Heat in flue gases.

The higher the temperature,

Heat in vapour streams.

As above but when

Convective and radiant heat

Low grade if collected may

Heat losses in cooling water.

Low grade useful gains if

Classification and Application

Heat losses in providing

Quality depends upon

Heat in gaseous and liquid Poor if heavily contaminated

High Temperature Heat Recovery

Medium Temperature Heat Recovery

Low Temperature Heat Recovery

Cooling water from:

8.3 Benefits of WHR

8.4 Development of Waste Heat

Economic evaluation of WHR System

8.5 Commercial WHR Devices

Metallic Radiation Recuperator

The radiation recuperator

Convective Radiative Recuperator

Heat pipe is a thermal energy absorbing and

Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger

When the medium containing waste heat is a liquid or a

Plate Heat Exchanger

Figure 8.10 Plate Heat Exchanger

The cost of heat exchange surfaces is a major factor when

Waste Heat Boilers

Heat pump processes :

The thermocompressor is a simple equipment with a nozzle

Direct Contact Heat Exchanger

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