Energy Efficiency in Process Technology

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-3
Opening Address....Pages 5-7
R&D Activities of the European Community....Pages 9-13
Activities on Energy Efficiency in the Greek Industry. Contribution of CRES....Pages 15-29
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
The Maastricht Treaty on European Union — The Future of Europe....Pages 33-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
The National Energy Strategy of the United States: Industrial Energy Use....Pages 41-48
International Co-Operation in R&TD: Global Industry View....Pages 49-60
Energy Saving in the Petrochemical Industry....Pages 61-72
Saving Energy in Alumina - Aluminium Plants....Pages 73-88
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
Energy Conservation in the Iron and Steel Industry....Pages 91-100
Paper and Energy: A Finnish View....Pages 101-110
Latest Aluminium Recycling and Environmental Technology in Europe....Pages 111-120
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Nonconventional Thermodynamic Cycles for the Nineties: Comparisons and Trends....Pages 123-139
Optimization of a Combined-Cycle Plant with Thermodynamic, Economic and Environmental Considerations....Pages 140-150
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Modelling Radiative Heat Transfer in Industrial Enclosures....Pages 153-162
Development and Evaluation of an Advanced Model for Spray Dryers....Pages 163-178
New Drying Methods for Aqueous Solutions at Low Temperatures....Pages 179-189
Absorption - Dehumidification A Unit Operation for Heat Recovery from Dryers....Pages 190-200
Energy-Efficient Batch Drying of Structural Ceramics and Construction Timber....Pages 201-209
High Temperature, Pressurized Wood Drying: Experimental and Simulation Results....Pages 210-219
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Techno-Economic Evaluation of Textile Bobbins Drying Processes....Pages 220-229
State of the Art in Dewatering Processes During Paper Manufacture....Pages 230-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Development of Advanced Sensors....Pages 245-260
Selection of Instrumentation to Monitor Energy Efficiency of a Process Heating System....Pages 261-269
A Device for the Measurement of Quality in an Evaporator Tube....Pages 270-279
Sensors for Monitoring and Control of Furnaces, Kilns and Ovens....Pages 280-291
Laser Deflection, Absorption and Diffusion in a Laminar Flame : Application to Local Density, Temperature and Concentration Measurements of Hydrocarbons....Pages 292-300
Probe and Optical Sensors for the Analysis of Turbulent Heat Transfer in Recirculating Flames....Pages 301-310
Development of Gas Sensors for Coal Gasification Processes....Pages 311-321
Front Matter....Pages 323-323
Towards the Optimum Energy Efficient Separation Process....Pages 325-338
Intensive Hydrodynamic Regimes in Absorption Towers and Fractionating Columns....Pages 339-350
The Design and Optimization of Dividing Wall Distillation Columns....Pages 351-360
The Methodology of Gas Adsorption Process Design....Pages 361-373
Advanced Flow Modelling for Industrial Applications — CFD Models of Adsorbers....Pages 374-387
Some Energetic Aspects of Gas Phase Adsorption Systems....Pages 388-397
Design and Analysis of Super-Critical Extraction Processes....Pages 398-411
Phase Equilibria and Process Simulation for High-Pressure Supercritical Extraction Processes: Experimental Investigation....Pages 412-420
Front Matter....Pages 421-421
Improvement of Melt Crystallization’s Efficiency for Industrial Applications....Pages 423-436
Absorption-Driven Multiple Effect Evaporators a Study of the Absorber-Regenerator Couple....Pages 437-447
The Enhancement of Heat Transfer in Falling Film Evaporators by a Non-Uniform Flow Rate....Pages 448-454
Front Matter....Pages 421-421
Energy-Efficient Evaporators in the Dairy Industry....Pages 455-464
An Experimental Study of Direct-Contact Steam Condensers as Noncondensable Gas Separators....Pages 465-474
The Hydrodynamic and Mass Transfer Characteristics of a Large Centrifugal Water Deoxygenator....Pages 475-484
Developments in Electrically Enhanced Separation Processes....Pages 485-494
New Process for Reconcentration of Acid Wastes....Pages 495-503
Front Matter....Pages 505-505
Replacement of R12 in Refrigeration Systems....Pages 507-520
Development of Advanced Absorption Systems Driven by Low Temperature Heat Sources....Pages 521-530
A Thermodynamic Method for a Second Law Analysis of Two-Phase Binary Mixture Processes....Pages 531-542
Heat Transfer Coefficient of a Film Condenser in a Dual Cycle Refrigeration System....Pages 543-551
Water Vapour Compression and Adiabatic Cooling in the Process Industry....Pages 552-561
Front Matter....Pages 563-563
Compact Heat Exchangers for the Process Industry....Pages 565-580
Process Intensification — The UK Programmes to Encourage the Development and Use of Intensified Heat Exchange Equipment and Technology....Pages 581-590
Compound Enhancement of Heat Transfer in a Gas-to-Gas Heat Exchanger....Pages 591-600
Enhanced Evaporation Heat Transfer Surfaces....Pages 601-612
A Rotating Disc Heat Exchanger....Pages 613-623
Boiling in Small Parallel Channels....Pages 624-638
Front Matter....Pages 639-639
New Concepts in Longitudinal Flow Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers....Pages 641-652
Etude De La Distribution De Melange Liquide-Vapeur Cote Tube Dans Les Echangeurs A Tubes Et Calandre....Pages 653-666
Heat Pipes Heat Exchangers and Energy Efficiency in Process Technology....Pages 667-672
The Performance Characteristics of a Water/Water “Polymer Film Compact Heat Exchanger” (PFCHE)....Pages 673-682
Front Matter....Pages 639-639
Systems Containing Contact Economizers for Flue Gas Heat Utilization....Pages 683-691
Prediction of the Thermal Performance of Integrated Heat Recovery and Filtering Matrices for Flue Gases....Pages 692-701
Energy Efficient Processing Using Spray Evaporation Cooling Techniques....Pages 702-711
Front Matter....Pages 713-713
Generic Studies for Industrial Heat Exchanger Fouling....Pages 715-725
An Assessment of Data and Predictive Tools for Cooling Water Fouling of Heat Exchangers....Pages 726-737
Studies of Phosphate Scale Deposition in Heated Tubes....Pages 738-750
Front Matter....Pages 751-751
Energy Efficiency and Pollution Abatement in Glass Furnaces, Baking Ovens and Cement Kilns....Pages 753-766
Numerical Simulation of the Combustion Aerodynamics inside a Rotary Cement Kiln....Pages 767-778
Industrial Lime Kiln Computer Dynamic Simulation for Improving Efficiency....Pages 779-788
The Modelling of the Glass Production Furnaces....Pages 789-799
Numerical Modelling of Ceramics Firing Kilns Application to the Improvement of Energy Efficiency and Product Quality....Pages 800-814
Use of Furnace Modelling to Improve Energy Efficiency in the Deepdrawing Steel Sheet Industry....Pages 815-824
Front Matter....Pages 825-825
On the Optimisation of Expansion Processes of Industrial Minerals....Pages 827-836
Quality and Energy Control of Industrial Biscuit Baking....Pages 837-845
Front Matter....Pages 847-847
Catalytic Combustion: Current Status and Implications for Energy Efficiency in the Process Industries....Pages 849-861
Modeling and Simulation of Hydrogen-Oxygen Combustion on Platinum Catalyst....Pages 862-871
NO X Emissions from a Front Wall Fired Pulverised Coal Boiler....Pages 872-882
A Low NO x Gas Burner with a Radiant Flame....Pages 883-892
Experiments in Large Scale Combustion Systems and the Characterization of the Burning Equipments....Pages 893-902
Front Matter....Pages 903-903
Make Use of the Utility Systems to Obtain Flexible Heat Exchanger Network Satisfying the Minimum Energy Requirement....Pages 905-914
Front Matter....Pages 903-903
A Retrofit Design Model for Improving the Operability of Heat Exchanger Networks....Pages 915-928
New Criteria for the Design of Optimal Heat Exchanger Networks....Pages 929-940
Paradigms in Process Integration a Technical and Epistemological Appraisal....Pages 941-949
Practical Aspects of Process Integration and their Implications for Design....Pages 950-959
Quantitative Modelling of Production Chains with Respect to Environmental Effects....Pages 960-969
Design and Energy Analysis of Absorption-Driven Multiple Effect Evaporators....Pages 970-981
Front Matter....Pages 983-983
Simulation and Optimization of an Integrated Industrial Energy System....Pages 985-995
Heat Integration of a New Formic Acid Pulping and Recovery Process....Pages 996-1004
Integration of Absorption Heat Transformers in the Process Industry — Applications in the Oleochemical, Pulp and Paper Industries....Pages 1005-1014
Energy Conservation in the Sugar Industry....Pages 1015-1024
Front Matter....Pages 1025-1025
Simulation and Control of Fast Transients in Process and Utility Plant....Pages 1027-1039
Reliability Aspects of Energy Efficient Operation of Technical Systems....Pages 1040-1049
Design of Energy Efficient Batch Processes....Pages 1050-1062
A Simple Technique for Analyzing Waste-Heat Recovery with Heat-Storage in Batch Processes....Pages 1063-1072
Front Matter....Pages 1073-1073
The Increased Electric Power Production from the Thermal Power Stations of Greece Operating with Improved Efficiency....Pages 1075-1085
A Better Understanding of Wood as a Material — A Way to Increased Energy Efficiency when Making Mechanical Pulps?....Pages 1086-1095
The Inductive Heating of Packed Beds and its Applications to Compact Fluid Heaters and to the Regeneration of Spent Activated Carbon....Pages 1096-1105
Front Matter....Pages 1107-1107
Multifunctional Reactors....Pages 1109-1121
Computational Fluid Dynamics Applied to Chemical Reaction Engineering....Pages 1122-1131
The Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics to Analyse Various Designs of Chemical Reactor....Pages 1132-1141
Front Matter....Pages 1107-1107
New Methanol Processes....Pages 1142-1153
Reversed Flow Methanol Synthesis....Pages 1154-1168
Achievements and Trends in Reforming System Design....Pages 1169-1180
Energy Savings in Aluminium Electrolysis by Continual Monitoring and Control of the AlF 3 Content of the Cryolitic Melt....Pages 1181-1190
Chemical Fixed Bed Reactor with Integrated Heat Exchanger with Sinter Metals....Pages 1191-1203
Front Matter....Pages 1205-1205
Increased Yield and Energy Efficiency through Process Intensification....Pages 1207-1216
Development of an Inductively Heated Reactor....Pages 1217-1226
Front Matter....Pages 1227-1227
A Modified Caprolactam Process: Environmental and Technical Optimization of the Raschig Section....Pages 1229-1237
Front Matter....Pages 1239-1239
Exergy Loss: A Basis for Energy Taxing....Pages 1241-1253
Exergy Analysis of Adiabatic and Diabatic Distillation Columns : An Experimental Study....Pages 1254-1267
Exergy and Pinch Analyses of Kraft Pulp Mill....Pages 1268-1276
Back Matter....Pages 1277-1280