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Process integration with combined heat and power(CHP)

Objective



In this project the comprehensive research will be run ro maintain the pinch Analysis tradition of targeting followed by design. what is a substantially new approach, which is going to be developed, tested and reciped in this project are tools for targeting based on the combination of pinch and Exergy Analysis for Combined Head and power Systems. The mass and energy balance of combined heat and power systems must be estimated with respect to major design parameters (fuel type, steam demand and pressure levels, allowable temperatures). This will provide in an automated way all thermodynamic data needed for both the pinch technology and the exergy analysis.
To complete the design, the most promising options identified during targeting should be then further developed into detailed design/optimisation. This will make necessary an extended modelling framework, which should cover the continuous, semi-continuous and batch processing stages present in the most general manufacturing systems. An adequate analysis of the detailed plant operations should lead to recipe enhancement resulting in a more rational use of energy.
There are other options for energy saving and making the industrial pro cesses more efficient in combined heat and power systems: e.g. the application of heat pumps for separation,especially for distillation. In contrast to conventional distillation, in heat pump assited distillation systems the energy passed through the column does not depreciate entirely but becomes reusable by using (i) external power, (ii) a part of generated power or (iii) industrial waste heat.
The proposed project, for the first time, explicitly focuses on economic and environmental benefits of systematic separation process selection a involving conventional and novel absorption heat pumping considering the combined heat and power systems.
In this additional proposal four credited and experienced partners in this field will make substantial contributions to the project. Those are (1) The University of Chemical Technology VSCHT, (2) The University of Veszprem (3) The Institute of Chemical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and (4) Technical University of Budapest who is associated partner to (2). The specific contributions to the project are detailed in page B of eachone

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UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA
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