کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
688345 1460120 2012 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Recovery and utilization of waste heat in a coal based sponge iron process
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی شیمی تکنولوژی و شیمی فرآیندی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Recovery and utilization of waste heat in a coal based sponge iron process
چکیده انگلیسی

The present work is an attempt to conserve energy in coal based sponge iron industry incorporating certain design modifications without disturbing the process technology. A typical sponge iron plant has been investigated to find out the potential areas where energy is being wasted. To recover heat from these areas two design modifications, Case-1 and Case-2, are proposed. Case-1 accounts for preheating of air using waste gas exiting from ESP. However, for Case-2 initially water is heated using hot sponge iron exiting rotary kiln and further hot water is used to preheat air. To compute coal demand of modified designs a model is developed based on heat of reactions, feed preheating, sensible and radiation losses, etc. Preheating of air up to 170 °C for Case-1 reduces coal consumption by 8.7%. Consequently, waste gas generation reduces by 16.7%. Thus, for Case-1 profit is Rs 9.6 million/year. However, for Case-2 preheating of air to 80 °C before entering the kiln reduces coal and water consumption by 7.2% and 96.3%. Consequently, cooling tower capacity is reduced by 37.2%. Due to 27.8% less profit for Case-1 in comparison to Case-2 Case-1 offers higher payback period than that of Case-2. Thus, Case-2 is selected as best proposed design.


► Present work deals with two design modifications proposed for sponge iron plant.
► First design accounts for preheating of kiln air using waste gas exiting from ESP.
► For second design water is heated using hot sponge iron to preheat rotary kiln air.
► A model is developed to compute coal demand of process based on different factors.
► For each modification economic and operability analyses are presented.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification - Volume 56, June 2012, Pages 19–28
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