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Industrial waste heat utilization in the European Union—An engineering-centric review

TUREK, V. KILKOVSKÝ, B. DAXNER, J. BABIČKA FIALOVÁ, D. JEGLA, Z.

English title

Industrial waste heat utilization in the European Union—An engineering-centric review

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

en

Original abstract

Efficient utilization of waste heat from industrial processes can be a significant source of energy savings for production plants as well as the driver of sustainable operation and emissions abatement. Industrial waste heat usually is contained in liquid or gaseous outlet streams. Alt-hough the possible ways to utilize waste heat are discussed by a wide variety of papers, these either provide only a general overview of utilization options and opportunities or focus on a narrow range of industrial processes. The aim of the present paper is to discuss practical aspects of waste heat utilization in the European Union so that the reader gains perspective on (i) thermal classification of waste heat, (ii) liquid and gaseous waste streams and their temperatures typical for industrial use cases, (iii) technical, economic, physical, and environmental aspects barring full utilization of the contained heat, (iv) waste heat sources in various industries, and (v) standard-ized equipment and technologies applicable to industrial waste heat utilization, including their advantages, disadvantages and weak points.

English abstract

Efficient utilization of waste heat from industrial processes can be a significant source of energy savings for production plants as well as the driver of sustainable operation and emissions abatement. Industrial waste heat usually is contained in liquid or gaseous outlet streams. Alt-hough the possible ways to utilize waste heat are discussed by a wide variety of papers, these either provide only a general overview of utilization options and opportunities or focus on a narrow range of industrial processes. The aim of the present paper is to discuss practical aspects of waste heat utilization in the European Union so that the reader gains perspective on (i) thermal classification of waste heat, (ii) liquid and gaseous waste streams and their temperatures typical for industrial use cases, (iii) technical, economic, physical, and environmental aspects barring full utilization of the contained heat, (iv) waste heat sources in various industries, and (v) standard-ized equipment and technologies applicable to industrial waste heat utilization, including their advantages, disadvantages and weak points.

Keywords in English

waste heat recovery; waste heat potential; heat recovery technologies

Released

27.04.2024

Publisher

MDPI

Location

Basel, Switzerland

ISSN

1996-1073

Volume

17

Number

9

Pages count

27

BIBTEX


@article{BUT188479,
  author="Vojtěch {Turek} and Bohuslav {Kilkovský} and Ján {Daxner} and Dominika {Babička Fialová} and Zdeněk {Jegla},
  title="Industrial waste heat utilization in the European Union—An engineering-centric review",
  year="2024",
  volume="17",
  number="9",
  month="April",
  publisher="MDPI",
  address="Basel, Switzerland",
  issn="1996-1073"
}