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                                    Report on the
               Technology Forum:
Low Temperature Waste Energy Recovery in Chemical
              Plants and Refineries
                   Held May 16, 2012 in Houston, TX




                     Prepared by Texas Industries of the Future
                                  Kathey Ferland
                                 Project Manager

                                       June 26, 2012




   A project of The University of Texas at Austin Center for Energy and Environmental Resources
                                  10100 Burnet Rd. – CEER R7100
                             Voice: 512-232-4823 - Fax: 512-471-1720
                                     kferland@mail.utexas.edu
                                    http://texasiof.ces.utexas.edu
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Background
Recovery of low temperature waste
energy is the holy grail of industrial                      Table 1: Participating Organizations
energy efficiency. In general, the
chemical and refining industries have                                     BASF Corporation
successfully recovered the energy from                                          Braskem
streams above approximately 400 °F.                           Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
The Texas Industries of the Future                                               CITGO
Chemical and Refining Sectors Advisory                              Eastman Chemical Company
Committee identified the need for a better                           Energy Concepts Company
understanding of the technologies                                 ExxonMobil Chemical Company
available to recover energy from streams                                 FuelCell Energy, Inc.
that are below 400 °F. A Technology                                          GE Oil &Gas
Forum was held on May 16, 2012 in                                    Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Houston, Texas, to address this issue.                         Houston Advanced Research Center
Texas IOF organized the event with the                                  Hudson Technologies
sponsorship of the Institute for Industrial                              Huntsman Chemical
Productivity.                                                         Idaho National Laboratory
                                                                 Institute for Industrial Productivity
The purpose of the Technology Forum                                      Integral Power, LLC
was to accelerate the adoption of waste                                     LyondellBasell
energy recovery technologies by:                                       Ormat Technologies, Inc.
   • Educating end-users on the                                               Phillips 66
       technologies available for low                                             PPG
       temperature waste energy                                        Sasol North America Inc.
       recovery, and                                                              Shell
   • Educating technology developers                                           SI Group
       on the potential market and needs                      Texas State Energy Conservation Office
       at chemical plants and refineries.                                    TAS Energy
                                                                    Tesoro Refining & Marketing
Forty attendees from 17 chemical and                                    Texas A&M University
refining companies, 5 technology                                   Texas Industries of the Future
developers, and 7 interested                                            The Dow Chemical Co.
organizations attended the “Technology                        Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA,
Forum: Low Temperature Waste Energy                                               INC
Recovery at Chemical Plants and
Refineries” held at Brady’s Landing in
Houston, Texas. Table 1 lists the
organizations participating in the Technology Forum. During the morning session,
attendees from industry characterized their waste energy streams. The notes from this
discussion are found in Appendix 1. There clearly is a significant opportunity for energy
recovery below 400 °F at both refineries and chemical plants. However, it was also clear
that at today’s energy prices in the US, there was not a strong economic driver for
recovery of low temperature heat to generate power in the US. Some end-users were
familiar with the organic rankine cycle technology, which was developed for geothermal

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                                              power production. Prior to the Forum, end-users had
                                              less familiarity with the absorption chilling or fuel cell
                                              technologies.
          Table 2:
 High Priority Interest Areas                 Technology developers of organic rankine cycle,
 (Based on Attendee Voting)                   absorption chilling, and fuel cells presented a 10
                                              minute overview of their technology, its capabilities,
Identifying Opportunities                     similar installations and costs. All of the Forum
• Increase site awareness of                  presentations are posted at
   energy opportunities                       https://TexasIOF.ces.utexas.edu under “Documents
                                              and Presentations”.
Tools and Analysis
• A better guide to know which                Throughout the day, attendees were asked to record
   technology to apply in each                ideas for next steps. These were collected and
   waste heat recovery                        prioritized by attendees at the end of the day. Table 2
   application                                lists the highest priority actions, based on the
                                              attendees’ input via voting. Appendix 2 contains a
Improving the Economics                       complete list of the results from the idea generation
                                              and prioritization process.
• Capital costs need to be
   reduced to make recovery
   economical especially for
                                              Results
   retrofits.
                                               An electronic survey of attendees after the
                                              Technology Forum determined that end-users were
Research
                                              interested in following up on all technologies
• Further develop hydrogen
                                              presented. (Due to a last minute scheduling conflict,
   purification and delivery
                                              speakers on the Kalina Cycle were not able to attend,
   process
                                              although their presentation is posted on the website.)
• Support application
   development for CHHP for                   Eighteen of the 40 attendees responded to the
   petro-chem. industry                       electronic survey. Of the 18, almost three-quarters
• Integrate hybrid system.                    (13 of 18) were from chemical or refining companies.
   ORC + fuel cell for higher                 Table 3 shown on the next page reports the
   benefits                                   responses to the technology follow-up question. The
• Identify best solution for                  number of responses to this question totals greater
   large mass flow < 200 °F                   than 13 as respondents were not limited to only one
                                              response.
Policy
• Environmental requirements                  Seven respondents expressed an interest in following
   can be an impediment to                    up on the organic rankine cycle and the fuel cell
   project execution.                         technologies, respectively. Four respondents were
                                              interested in further information on absorption chilling
                                              and two had interest in chilled water. Only two of the
                                              13 respondents reported that they were not going to
                                              follow up on any technologies presented at the Forum.



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Acknowledgements
Texas IOF would like to recognize Jim Quinn with the Institute for Industrial Productivity
for support of this project and Riyaz Papar with Hudson Technologies for his technical
guidance.


                Table 3: Response on Technology Follow-up Question
                                   By End-Users




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                Appendix 1: Notes on Waste Energy Streams




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Low Temperature Waste Energy Recovery Stream Characterization by End-Users--May 16, 2012
                Process or
                Flue Gas or    Liquid, Gas or
    Industry      Utilities        Either       Temp. (in F)                                   Opportunities                                                          Other Comments
Chemical       Stack Gas             G              300        Opportunity in Fired Heaters with stack around 300F
                                                                                                                                                Opportunities in Steam Leaks - Numerous leaks which are
Refineries     Utilities
                                   either           300                                                                                         continuous

Chemical       Stack Gas                                       Opportunities in Stack Gas from thermal oxidizers with a temperature of 350F
                                     G              350                                                                                         steam condensate opportunities
Refineries &
               Process               L                         Opportunities in recovering heat from excess quench Water; Heat pumps for
Chemicals
                                                               installation towers , Exothermic - excess heat, acetic acid, metallurgy issues
                                                               Firing rate - 50MMBtus to 200 MMBtus , relatively clean stack gases - 300 F to
Refineries     Stack Gas             G
                                                 300 - 400     400F stack gases

Refineries     Process               L                         Opportunities in process streams around 180 - 220F
                                                  180-220                                                                                       Small for liquid and most of it actual product streams
Chemicals      Utilities           either         180-300                                                                                       Utilities, Boilers - Regulatory issues need to be eased
Chemicals      Stack Gas              G             400        Process heaters                                                                  Boilers and Gas Turbines (GE Frame 7)

Refineries     Process               G                         Opportunity in Overhead Condensers which is the target
                                                                                                                                                Stack gas heat capacity not enough

Refineries     Process               L                         Possible rundown stream Opportunities too

Chemicals      Stack Gas             G                         Reduced energy cost $20Million/yr, more energy in stack gas wasted
                                                  400-500

Chemicals      Utilities             G
                                                                                                                                                duplicate boiler operations, interested in quick startup units
                                                               Fired heaters and cracker units; have identified projects already and step by
Refineries     Stack Gases
                                     G            350-450      step implementation is being performed
                                                               Run-down and product streams; have identified projects already and step by
Refineries     Process
                                     L            350-450      step implementation is being performed
                                                               Opportunities in several stack gases, 1) Several NG Fired Furnaces at 350 - 400
Chemicals      Stack gas             G                         F Stack, 2) Corrosive gases in the 400F range that are pressurized at 50 psig   Burn coal, distillation column overheads, identified
                                                  300-350      range, used to generate 15 psig steam                                           opportunities but no economic justification
Process or
                Flue Gas or      Liquid, Gas or
    Industry      Utilities          Either       Temp. (in F)                                   Opportunities                                                          Other Comments

Refineries     Process               either                      40MMBtus Hexane goes to finfans - 235 F streams - 15 psig stream                 Roughly saved $40Million all over, distillation columns
                                                      235

                                                                                                                                                  Steam Leaks - Low pressure steam, excess low pressure
Refineries     Utilities             Either
                                                                                                                                                  steam @ 30-40psig range
                                                      300

                                                                                                                                                  Opportunities in steam condensate - Current condition not
Chemicals      Utilities               L
                                                                                                                                                  recovered.

                                                                 Opportunities in Steam crackers which are very high energy intensive
                                                                                                                                                  Reaction processes - exothermic - produce LP steam for the
Chemicals      Stack gas               G                         process, Current condition - capture energy only in higher levels still
                                                                                                                                                  finfan
                                                                 possibility for low level heat capture.

                                                                 Opportunities in steam crackers totally 8 of them, furnace stack, boilers, Gas
Chemicals      Stack Gas               G                         turbine, cooling towers, Current Condition - They do small projects like         Hard to justify the return for ORC - Economics not justified
                                                                 preheat air, preheat water but not entered the big players


                                                                 Opportunities to capture energy in steam letdown, cutoff point for recovery - Recovering heat back into the process as opposed to WHR,
Refineries     Stack gas and P       G&L
                                                                 250F rundown temperatures, Capturing stack gas heat maybe an opportunity capture of stack gas heat
                                                      250
Refineries &                                                                                                                                      Really Interested to know the Coefficient of performance of
Chemicals                                                                                                                                         both Absorption and ORC technologies
Chemicals      Stack gases                          400-450                                                                                       Smaller Heaters, Economy of scale
                                                                                                                                                  Liquid streams always better, heat transfer coefficient better
                                                                                                                                                  , regulatory environment is an issue
                                                                                                                                                  Mass Transfer & Liquid Seperation
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 Appendix 2: Results from Idea Generation and Prioritization Process




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                               10100 Burnet Rd. – CEER R7100
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Technology Forum:
                 Low Temperature Waste Energy Recovery
                    in Chemical Plants and Refineries
                             May 16, 2012

                      Compilation of Results from
            Project Identification and Prioritization Session



Tools and Analysis
   • Software tool for fast overview economic analysis of project – 4 dots
   • Cataloging of industrial waste heat sources (m, T, metallurgy, distances, etc.) – 1
       dot
   • Create a database of technologies by criteria – 0 dots
   • I need a better guide to know which technology to apply in each W.H. application
       – 9 dots
           o Develop list of criteria for technology. – 1 dot
           o User screening tool to map heat source to applicable technology – 2 dots

Improving the Economics
   • Capital costs need to be reduced to make recovery economical, especially for
      retrofits – 11 dots
   • Reduce investment ($/KW installed capacity) – 4 dots
   • If electricity costs are key factor, what is solution? Higher conversion efficiency
      or make a higher value product ? 0 dots
   • How to account for ancillary economic benefits from waste heat recovery--0 dots

Policy
   Incentives and Rebates
   • State incentives – 0 dots
   • Rebates? Incentives? – 1 dot
   Regulatory Barriers
   • Work with regulatory body to allow proj.- 3 dots
   • Environmental laws can get in way – 8 dots

        A project of The University of Texas at Austin Center for Energy and Environmental Resources
                                        10100 Burnet Rd. – CEER R7100
                                  Voice: 512-232-4823 - Fax: 512-471-1720
                                          kferland@mail.utexas.edu
                                         http://texasiof.ces.utexas.edu
• Remove regulatory hurdles – 1 dot
   Policy
   • Government encourage energy recovery reorganizing waste heat as renewable –
       5 dots
   • Create further policy changes supporting H2 – 0 dots
   Example industrial projects – 1 dot

Research
   • Further develop H2 purification and delivery process – 8 dots
   • Support application development for CHHP for petro-chem. industry – 10 dots
   • Integrated hybrid system. ORC + fuel cell for higher benefits – 5 dots
   • Better heat exchangers – 0 dot
   • Conduct demo projects – 2 dots
   • Integration of research into operations – 4 dots
   • Identify best solution for large mass flow but < 200 °F – 9 dots
   • Multi-purpose demo. – convert low-level heat to FC power and higher value
      co-products – 1 dot
   • All gas comp have either intercoolers or and/or after coolers. This energy is
      generally wasted thru cooling water. Can this not be used for process stream
      heating in cold weather? - 0 dots

Identifying Opportunities
   • Keep interaction going to ID opportunities – 1 dot
   • Opportunity assessments? – 0 dots
   • Increase site awareness of energy opportunity – 8 dots

Miscellaneous
   • Mechanisms for partnering (honest broker eval. of technology and potential
       savings) – 0 dots
   • Can we run waste water anaerobically to feed fuel cell – 0 dots
   • Cold weather area—heating building/work places or other energy recovery? – 0
       dots
   • Can we use ammonia to cool unipol cycle gas, then recover from purge – 3 dots




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                                         http://texasiof.ces.utexas.edu

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  • 8. 6 Appendix 2: Results from Idea Generation and Prioritization Process A project of The University of Texas at Austin Center for Energy and Environmental Resources 10100 Burnet Rd. – CEER R7100 Voice: 512-232-4823 - Fax: 512-471-1720 kferland@mail.utexas.edu http://texasiof.ces.utexas.edu
  • 9. Technology Forum: Low Temperature Waste Energy Recovery in Chemical Plants and Refineries May 16, 2012 Compilation of Results from Project Identification and Prioritization Session Tools and Analysis • Software tool for fast overview economic analysis of project – 4 dots • Cataloging of industrial waste heat sources (m, T, metallurgy, distances, etc.) – 1 dot • Create a database of technologies by criteria – 0 dots • I need a better guide to know which technology to apply in each W.H. application – 9 dots o Develop list of criteria for technology. – 1 dot o User screening tool to map heat source to applicable technology – 2 dots Improving the Economics • Capital costs need to be reduced to make recovery economical, especially for retrofits – 11 dots • Reduce investment ($/KW installed capacity) – 4 dots • If electricity costs are key factor, what is solution? Higher conversion efficiency or make a higher value product ? 0 dots • How to account for ancillary economic benefits from waste heat recovery--0 dots Policy Incentives and Rebates • State incentives – 0 dots • Rebates? Incentives? – 1 dot Regulatory Barriers • Work with regulatory body to allow proj.- 3 dots • Environmental laws can get in way – 8 dots A project of The University of Texas at Austin Center for Energy and Environmental Resources 10100 Burnet Rd. – CEER R7100 Voice: 512-232-4823 - Fax: 512-471-1720 kferland@mail.utexas.edu http://texasiof.ces.utexas.edu
  • 10. • Remove regulatory hurdles – 1 dot Policy • Government encourage energy recovery reorganizing waste heat as renewable – 5 dots • Create further policy changes supporting H2 – 0 dots Example industrial projects – 1 dot Research • Further develop H2 purification and delivery process – 8 dots • Support application development for CHHP for petro-chem. industry – 10 dots • Integrated hybrid system. ORC + fuel cell for higher benefits – 5 dots • Better heat exchangers – 0 dot • Conduct demo projects – 2 dots • Integration of research into operations – 4 dots • Identify best solution for large mass flow but < 200 °F – 9 dots • Multi-purpose demo. – convert low-level heat to FC power and higher value co-products – 1 dot • All gas comp have either intercoolers or and/or after coolers. This energy is generally wasted thru cooling water. Can this not be used for process stream heating in cold weather? - 0 dots Identifying Opportunities • Keep interaction going to ID opportunities – 1 dot • Opportunity assessments? – 0 dots • Increase site awareness of energy opportunity – 8 dots Miscellaneous • Mechanisms for partnering (honest broker eval. of technology and potential savings) – 0 dots • Can we run waste water anaerobically to feed fuel cell – 0 dots • Cold weather area—heating building/work places or other energy recovery? – 0 dots • Can we use ammonia to cool unipol cycle gas, then recover from purge – 3 dots A project of The University of Texas at Austin Center for Energy and Environmental Resources 10100 Burnet Rd. – CEER R7100 Voice: 512-232-4823 - Fax: 512-471-1720 kferland@mail.utexas.edu http://texasiof.ces.utexas.edu