Integration of Low-level Waste Heat Recovery and Liquefied Nature Gas Cold Energy Utilization

Two novel thermal cycles based on Brayton cycle and Rankine cycle are proposed, respectively, which integrate the recovery of low-level waste heat and Liquefied Nature Gas （LNG） cold energy utilization for power generation. Cascade utilization of energy is realized in the two thermal cycles, where low-level waste heat,low-temperature exergy and pressure exergy of LNG are utilized efficiently through the system synthesis. The simulations are carried out using the commercial Aspen Plus 10.2, and the results are analyzed. Compared with the conventional Brayton cycle and Rankine cycle, the two novel cycles bring 60.94% and 60% in exergy efficiency, respectively and 53.08% and 52.31% in thermal efficiency, respectively.

Application of the waste heat recovery system and energy-saving in the strip continuous annealing furnace

The common problem of cold strip continuous annealing furnaces is high exhaust gas temperature and great energy consumption. Taking the cold-strip continuous annealing furnaces of Baosteel No. 4 cold mill plant as an example, several waste heat recovery systems in the annealing furnaces are compared and their advantages and disadvantages are analyzed through different energy-saving technologies.

Novel Technology and Products: Fluidized Bed Incineration and Energy Recovery for Waste Disposal——Developed by the Institute for Thermal Power Engineering, Zhejiang University

The waste referred to includes solid waste and sludge. Solid waste is mainly from urban garbage and industrial waste. Sludge is from water treatment factories, paper mills, chemical factories, pharmaceutical factories, rivers and lakes. The waste and sludge are very harmful to water organisms, human health and drinking water, and directly affect the environment. Sludge and waste also occupy large areas of land. There are several methods to treat waste and sludge, such as burial, chemical treatment and incineration. Incineration is more effective than the

Technical and Economic Aspects and Experience from 6 Years of Operating the Technology Using the Waste Heat from the Exhaust Gases of Heat Sources and 3 Years of Operating a Heating Plant in an Autonomous, Island Regime

This article is focused on technical and economic evaluation of more than 6-years experiences of operating the Waste Heat Recovery technology—the manner and system of flue gas processing generated in the combustion process in heat & power plants, cogeneration units, etc., which burn the gaseous fuel, primarily natural gas, or methane, biogas, geothermal gas, or other gaseous mixtures containing hydrogen. The solution proposes a more effective and non-traditional use of gaseous fuel for heating, the flue gases of which are processed in order to extract additional utilisable heat, with potential elimination of CO2 from them. Deploying of the heating plant in an island regime (OFF-GRID) enables definition of the benefits brought by the 3 years of operational experience and presents visions for the future offering the possibility to utilise the support energy services at the municipal as well as regional level.

An approach for IC engine coolant energy recovery based on low-temperature organic Rankine cycle

To promote the fuel utilization efficiency of IC engine, an approach was proposed for IC engine coolant energy recovery based on low-temperature organic Rankine cycle(ORC). The ORC system uses IC engine coolant as heat source, and it is coupled to the IC engine cooling system. After various kinds of organic working media were compared, R124 was selected as the ORC working medium. According to IC engine operating conditions and coolant energy characteristics, the major parameters of ORC system were preliminary designed. Then, the effects of various parameters on cycle performance and recovery potential of coolant energy were analyzed via cycle process calculation. The results indicate that cycle efficiency is mainly influenced by the working pressure of ORC, while the maximum working pressure is limited by IC engine coolant temperature. At the same working pressure, cycle efficiency is hardly affected by both the mass flow rate and temperature of working medium. When the bottom cycle working pressure arrives at the maximum allowable value of 1.6 MPa, the fuel utilization efficiency of IC engine could be improved by 12.1%.All these demonstrate that this low-temperature ORC is a useful energy-saving technology for IC engine.

Transforming Waste Heat into“Renewable Heat”

Introduction:The current worldwide electric power&heat&cool production has a negative impact on the environment by emissions and enormous leaks of low-potential waste heat.Transformation of unused industrial low power heat into“renewable heat”useful to enhance the efficiency of the system is essential and actual innovation in the field of worldwide environmental protection.By introducing and defining the terminology of low-potential,“renewable”,“green heat”has created a new,parallel category of research in the energy sector.Traditional co-generation systems produce heat for space heating and hot water and generate electricity.Moving to tri-generation allows growing demand for air conditioning for homes,offices and commercial spaces such as server rooms and switchboards to be met simultaneously or on a seasonal basis.Tri-generation,or combined cooling,heat and power,is the process by which some of the heat produced by a co-generation plant is used to generate chilled water for air conditioning or refrigeration.Usually an absorption chiller is linked to the plant to provide this functionality.The technical solution is related to the new efficient manner and system of simultaneous generation of heat/cold from multiple heat sources,which has not yet been known,but in practice required.New system also enables advantageous utilization of solar power in supporting of the cooling output.The innovative system can be operated also within the existing central heating distribution systems.

Energy management strategy for hybrid electric vehicle integrated with waste heat recovery system based on deep reinforcement learning

Hybrid electric vehicles(HEVs)are acknowledged to be an effective way to improve the efficiency of internal combustion engines(ICEs)and reduce fuel consumption.Although the ICE in an HEV can maintain high efficiency during driving,its thermal efficiency is approximately 40%,and the rest of the fuel energy is discharged through different kinds of waste heat.Therefore,it is important to recover the engine waste heat.Because of the great waste heat recovery performance of the organic Rankine cycle(ORC),an HEV integrated with an ORC(HEV-ORC)has been proposed.However,the addition of ORC creates a stiff and multi-energy problem,greatly increasing the complexity of the energy management system(EMS).Considering the great potential of deep reinforcement learning(DRL)for solving complex control problems,this work proposes a DRL-based EMS for an HEV-ORC.The simulation results demonstrate that the DRL-based EMS can save 2%more fuel energy than the rule-based EMS because the former provides higher average efficiencies for both engine and motor,as well as more stable ORC power and battery state.Furthermore,the battery always has sufficient capacity to store the ORC power.Consequently,DRL showed great potential for solving complex energy management problems.

Feasibility Demonstrations of Liquid Turbine Power Generator Driven by Low Temperature Heats

Lower temperature waste heats less than 373 K have strong potentials to supply additional energies because of their enormous quantities and ubiquity. Accordingly, reinforcement of power generations harvesting low temperature heats is one of the urgent tasks for the current generation in order to accomplish energy sustainability in the coming decades. In this study, a liquid turbine power generator driven by lower temperature heats below 373 K was proposed in the aim of expanding selectable options for harvesting low temperature waste heats less than 373 K. The proposing system was so simply that it was mainly composed of a liquid turbine, a liquid container with a biphasic medium of water and an underlying water-insoluble low-boiling-point medium in a liquid phase, a heating section for vaporization of the liquid and a cooling section for entropy discharge outside the system. Assumed power generating steps via the proposing liquid turbine power generator were as follows: step 1: the underlying low-boiling-point medium in a liquid phase was vaporized, step 2: the surfacing vapor bubbles of low-boiling-point medium accompanied the biphasic medium in their wakes, step 3: such high momentum flux by step 2 rotated the liquid turbine (i.e. power generation), step 4: the surfacing low-boiling-point medium vapor was gradually condensed into droplets, step 5: the low-boiling-point medium droplets were submerged to the underlying medium in a liquid phase. Experiments with a prototype liquid turbine power generator proved power generations in accordance with the assumed steps at a little higher than ordinary temperature. Increasing output voltage could be obtained with an increase in the cooling temperature among tested ranging from 294 to 296 K in contrast to normal thermal engines. Further improvements of the direct current voltage from the proposing liquid turbine power generator can be expected by means of far more vigorous multiphase flow induced by adding solid powders and theoretical optimizations of heat and mass transfers.

Simulation Research on Performance of a Novel Heating and Cooling System with Thermoelectric Module

This work proposes a novel heating and cooling system,with incorporated thermoelectric module,that can achieve energy balance using a self-water supply heat exchange subsystem.The thermoelectric effect is used to achieve controlled and adjustable heating of the circulating water.Simulations were conducted to study the thermal performance of the system while it simultaneously produces hot and cold water,with different working conditions for the hot-and cold-side water outlets.The results show that the water temperature at the hot side outlet increases from 32℃to 75℃when the power increases from 4.5 to 50 W.Additionally,the use of thermoelectric modules to heat water and recover waste heat is 22%more efficient than ordinary electric water heating systems.

Integrated Renewable Energy Solutions for Aquaculture Processing Enerfish

The European Union Framework Programme 71 Enerfish project aims to demonstrate a new poly-generation application with renewable energy sources for the fishery industry in Vietnam. The fish processing plant under consideration can be made by energy self-sufficient when all fish waste oil is processed into biodiesel and further converted to electricity and heat （for cooling） in a CHP （combined heat and power） unit. The purpose of the present paper is to discuss the profitability of such plants in southeast Asia. The economic model shows that electricity production is, due to the low electricity tariff, uneconomical （except during electricity blackout）, even if cogeneration heat can be utilized. This prompt a design of the plant whereby the necessary heat for the biodiesel process is taken from the waste heat produced by the compressors of a CO2 cooling system. According to the calculations and assumptions of the present study, the profitability of biodiesel production from fish cleaning wastes in Vietnam depends strongly on the market prices for fish waste and fish oil. Different business case scenarios are described.

溴化锂吸收式余热回收机组的设计

针对核电站低温余热回收利用的问题,将海水淡化技术与基于吸收式热交换的热电联产集中供应技术相结合,设计了一个溴化锂吸收式余热回收机组。该机组主要由蒸发器、吸收器、发生器、冷凝器、溶液热交换器、节流装置、溶液泵、冷剂泵等组成。验证分析表明:该机组可有效回收高温海水的余热,并用于淡化海水,在所需制热量为28784 kW的前提下,按年利用7200 h计算,全年海水的余热回收量约280000 GJ,全年淡水产量约2160000 t,减少了对生态环境的影响,大大提高了经济效益。因此该机组可为溴化锂吸收式热泵机组的优化设计提供良好参考。

温差发电协同储能元件驱动LED车灯的响应特性

为实现低品位能源的高效利用,构建了基于温差发电的余热回收系统将余热转化为电能,用以驱动发光二极管(light emitting diodes,LED)车灯点亮.利用恒温加热炉模拟热源,探究了余热回收系统在不同阶段能量转化和驱动LED车灯的响应特性.在实际应用中,研究了储能元件独立驱动LED车灯时光输出特性的变化规律.结果表明:储能元件可以存储回收余热所转化的电能,并独立驱动LED车灯工作,还能缓冲温度变化引起的电压波动;锂电池的能量密度高,可储存更多电能,独立驱动LED车灯时冷启动速度快,点亮时间更长,但充满电所需时间也较长;超级电容冷启动速度慢,但充放电速度较快,有助于余热回收系统短时间工作时缓解LED车灯的驱动电压波动.

基于清洁供热与IDC排热的能源综合利用系统应用探讨

统筹协调各种能源互补特性,通过“源-网-荷-储”等各环节灵活配置,实现能源就地消纳,提升系统综合利用能效,并结合西安市某工程案例对系统应用情况进行了节能及经济性分析。结果表明:与传统方案相比,系统每年可节约标准煤171.92万t,减排二氧化碳428.6万t、二氧化硫2.84万t、氮氧化物2.68万t、烟尘1.65万t,且数据中心电能利用效率(PUE)为1.248,实际案例财务净现值64397.47万元,静态投资回收期4.43 a,动态投资回收期6.25 a。具有显著的节能性和经济性,可为相关区域能源综合利用系统规划项目提供参考。

海上平台烟气余热利用分析与工艺优化

依托南海某在建钻采平台,从工艺原理、工艺流程、有机工质的选择、安全性、能源节约及降低二氧化碳排放等方面进行分析,论证有机朗肯循环(Organic Rankine Cycle,ORC)技术在海上平台应用的可行性。根据能量梯级利用原则,设计一套优化的烟气-导热油-热用户系统,利用透平废热实现ORC发电、生产系统加热及溴化锂制冷的热电冷联产系统。

一种智控型烟气余热深度回收装置的实践探索

为了解决大庆油田加热炉排烟温度高、生产能耗大的问题,在加热炉排烟系统增设智控型烟气余热深度回收装置,以加热炉进液为冷源,将排烟温度冷却至50℃以下,综合回收烟气的显热和潜热,达到深度回收烟气余热的目的,并对烟气降温过程中产生的冷凝水进行全部回收,从根本上解决了冷凝水排放问题。应用装置前后系统整体热效率分别为79.94%和87.47%,综合计算得到装置的节能率为8.35%,节能效果显著;此外,对于1.0 MW加热炉,年平均负荷率50%,年运行时间330 h,测算得到每年节约天然气4.58×10^(4) m^(3),折合7.4万元,具有良好的经济效益。

电动车废热辅助空调系统的研究

针对目前电动车空调存在的节能性和低温适应性等问题,提出了一种电动车废热辅助热泵空调系统。该系统将多变频器协调控制技术、双级压缩循环技术、废热辅助热泵技术有机融合,通过仿真分析研究系统在不同运行状态下的系统性能。仿真结果表明:协调调节低压级压缩机和风扇电机的频率,可实现系统制冷/制热量和能效比的优化控制;合理设置单双级压缩的温度切换点,能提升制热性能、保证系统在低温工况下的可靠运行;利用废热辅助空气源热泵技术,能实现系统的节能。研究结果为减小空调系统对电动车续航里程的影响、推动电动车的普及提供了参考。

生物质好氧发酵热生产与回收利用研究进展

好氧发酵是目前有机固体废弃物处理的一种有效手段。人们对于好氧发酵的研究主要集中在高效有机肥的获取上,但发酵过程产生的热能不容忽视。发酵热作为一种“零碳”能源,可代替传统化石能源应用于加温供暖、生物干化等领域,助力实现“碳达峰、碳中和”。为将生物质能高效转化为热能利用,人们对发酵热回收利用进行了研究,但是没有将热生产、热回收和热利用三个阶段进行系统联系,导致热回收工艺效率不高。该文主要阐述了好氧发酵产热原理,并从菌剂、原料理化性质和发酵工艺三个方面对发酵热生产的影响进行了探讨,总结了现有热回收利用系统,最后对生物质好氧发酵热生产与回收利用系统的发展方向进行展望,以期为生物质发酵热能利用提供支持。

某调度通信楼空调系统节能减碳改造设计实践

重点介绍了某调度通信楼空调系统的节能减碳改造设计,通过综合运用余热回收、可再生能源、固体蓄热、高效制冷机房等多项技术,构建了安全可靠、绿色低碳、高效节能的空调系统。采用HDY-SMAD空调负荷计算及分析软件模拟了建筑物全年的空调能耗,并对优化前后空调系统的运行能耗和碳排放进行了测算。结果显示,优化方案空调系统全年节约电量100万kW·h,全年碳减排573 t,节能减碳效果显著。

制氧纯化系统污氮预热效果及节能分析

根据某钢铁企业生产实际情况和工艺要求,回收4万m~3/h制氧机组压缩空气余热用于预热分子筛纯化过程加热用污氮,降低电加热器电耗,同时压缩空气温度降低,可减少空气预冷系统中冷水机组电耗,达到节能降耗减排增效的目的。

热电发电技术回收工业余热分析

工业余热资源形式多样且总量巨大,节能潜力可观。利用热电发电技术将工业余热资源转化为电能,既能提升能源利用率又可以降低热污染,是实现双碳目标的重要技术途径。介绍了工业中不同类型余热的分布占比情况和热电发电的基本原理,重点对热电发电技术在工业领域中的应用研究进展进行了综述,并针对热电发电技术以及该技术在工业应用中存在的一些问题进行了分析、总结和展望。