Heat integration including heat exchangers, combined heat and power, heat pumps, separation processes and process control

Abstract This Special issue (SI) of Applied Thermal Engineering presents twenty one selected contributions from the 14th Conference Process Integration , Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction– PRES’11 . It benefits from the long-term cooperation between the PRES conferences and the journal. The selected papers cover important subjects: heat exchangers and heat pumps, design of thermal processes, heat integration, combined heat and power (CHP) integration, integration of thermal processes, power systems.

[1]  Yasuki Kansha,et al.  Advanced energy saving in the reaction section of the hydro-desulfurization process with self-heat recuperation technology , 2010 .

[2]  Ferenc Szeifert,et al.  Nonlinear inversion-based control of a distributed parameter heating system , 2012 .

[3]  Markku Hurme,et al.  Emergy evaluation of combined heat and power plant processes , 2012 .

[4]  Ernst Worrell,et al.  Waste treatment to improve recycling and minimise environmental impact , 2010 .

[5]  Jiří Jaromír Klemeš,et al.  Advanced combustion, cooling and refrigeration, waste gas treatment, heat integrated separation and case studies , 2007 .

[6]  Igor Bulatov,et al.  Clean fuel technologies and clean and reliable energy: a summary , 2011 .

[7]  Jin-Kuk Kim,et al.  Design and optimisation of dual-mode heat pump systems using natural fluids , 2012 .

[8]  Igor Bulatov,et al.  Integrating waste and renewable energy to reduce the carbon footprint of locally integrated energy sectors , 2008 .

[9]  Petar Sabev Varbanov,et al.  Integration and management of renewables into Total Sites with variable supply and demand , 2011, Comput. Chem. Eng..

[10]  Thore Berntsson,et al.  Process integration study of a kraft pulp mill converted to an ethanol production plant – Part A: Potential for heat integration of thermal separation units , 2012 .

[11]  Peter Glavič,et al.  Improving the economic and environmental performances of the beet sugar industry in Slovenia: increasing fuel efficiency and using by-products for ethanol , 2007 .

[12]  Xudong Ding,et al.  Hybrid evaporator model: Analysis under uncertainty by means of Monte Carlo method , 2012 .

[13]  Petr Havel,et al.  Combined heat and power production planning under liberalized market conditions , 2012 .

[14]  François Maréchal,et al.  Heat pump integration in a cheese factory , 2011 .

[15]  Pio A. Aguirre,et al.  Global Optimal Structures of Heat Exchanger Networks by Piecewise Relaxation , 2007 .

[16]  Santanu Bandyopadhyay,et al.  Targeting for cogeneration potential through total site integration , 2010 .

[17]  Anton Friedl,et al.  Pinch and exergy analysis of lignocellulosic ethanol, biomethane, heat and power production from straw , 2012 .

[18]  Jiří Jaromír Klemeš.  Recent novel heat integration developments: improved operation, multi-period utilities systems, batch process scheduling, pressure consideration, retrofit, cost factors, energy price forecasts and industrial case studies , 2003 .

[19]  Jiří Jaromír Klemeš,et al.  Advances in process integration, energy saving and emissions reduction , 2010 .

[20]  Saeed Gul,et al.  Energy saving in sugar manufacturing through the integration of environmental friendly new membrane processes for thin juice pre-concentration , 2012 .

[21]  Petr Stehlík,et al.  Heat Transfer in Industrial Applications—PRES 2008 , 2010 .

[22]  Ferenc Szeifert,et al.  Control Structures Based on Constrained Inverses , 2007 .

[23]  Jirí Jaromír Klemes,et al.  Recent novel developments in heat integration¿total site, trigeneration, utility systems and cost-effective decarbonisation.: Case studies waste thermal processing, pulp and paper and fuel cells , 2005 .

[24]  Robin Smith,et al.  Heat exchanger network retrofit optimization involving heat transfer enhancement , 2012 .

[25]  Yasuki Kansha,et al.  Application of the self-heat recuperation technology to crude oil distillation , 2011 .

[26]  Ting Ma,et al.  Stress analysis of internally finned bayonet tube in a high temperature heat exchanger , 2012 .

[27]  G. Wozny,et al.  On the design, development and operation of an energy efficient CO2 removal for the oxidative coupling of methane in a miniplant scale , 2012 .

[28]  Donald Huisingh,et al.  Minimising emissions and energy wastage by improved industrial processes and integration of renewable energy , 2010 .

[29]  Martín Picón-Núñez,et al.  Design of coolers for use in an existing cooling water network , 2011 .

[30]  Thore Berntsson,et al.  Process integration of near-neutral hemicellulose extraction in a Scandinavian kraft pulp mill - Consequences for the steam and Na/S balances , 2012 .

[31]  S. Tanaka,et al.  Energy saving study on a large steel plant by total site based pinch technology , 2011 .

[32]  Martin Miltner,et al.  Membrane gas permeation in the upgrading of renewable hydrogen from biomass steam gasification gases , 2012 .

[33]  Jiří Jaromír Klemeš,et al.  Design and operation of efficient energy systems: Biorefineries, waste to energy, enhanced heat transfer and fuel cell applications , 2011 .

[34]  Robin Smith,et al.  Cogeneration targeting for site utility systems , 2012 .

[35]  Ting Ma,et al.  Study on Reliability of High Temperature Heat Exchangers , 2011 .

[36]  Jiří Jaromír Klemeš,et al.  Emission reduction by process intensification, integration, P-Graphs, micro CHP, heat pumps and advanced case studies , 2008 .

[37]  Anton Friedl,et al.  Application of exergy balances for evaluation of process configurations for biological hydrogen production , 2010 .

[38]  Luis Puigjaner,et al.  Targeting and design methodology for reduction of fuel, power and CO2 on total sites , 1997 .

[39]  François Maréchal,et al.  Defining optimal configurations of geothermal systems using process design and process integration techniques , 2011 .

[40]  Zdravko Kravanja,et al.  Simultaneous synthesis of a biogas process and heat exchanger network , 2011 .

[41]  Petr Stehlík,et al.  Heat integration, energy management, CO2 capture and heat transfer enhancement , 2007 .

[42]  Jiří Jaromír Klemeš,et al.  Process integration for energy saving and pollution reduction , 2011 .

[43]  Jin-Kuk Kim,et al.  Heat Integrated Heat Pumping for Biomass Gasification Processing , 2010 .

[44]  Petr Stehlík,et al.  Recent advances on heat, chemical and process integration, multiobjective and structural optimisation , 2006 .

[45]  Zdravko Kravanja,et al.  An alternative strategy for global optimization of heat exchanger networks , 2012 .

[46]  Jiří Jaromír Klemeš,et al.  Process integration for energy and water saving, increasing efficiency and reducing environmental impact , 2010 .

[47]  Anton Friedl,et al.  Effect of process integration on the exergy balance of a two-stage process for fermentative hydrogen production , 2010 .

[48]  Karin Pettersson,et al.  Preliminary design and energy efficiency analysis of a kraft pulp mill converted to a biorefinery producing ethanol and DME from softwood , 2010 .

[49]  Goran Krajačić,et al.  Environmental and economic aspects of higher RES penetration into Macedonian power system , 2012 .

[50]  Changyun Wen,et al.  Evaporator modeling – A hybrid approach , 2009 .

[51]  Robert A. Herendeen,et al.  Energy analysis and EMERGY analysis—a comparison , 2004 .