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    Waste heat is heat generated during processes like combustion that is released into the environment rather than being reused. The quality and value of heat increases with temperature, making higher temperature heat more cost-effective to recover. Recovered heat can be used for applications like preheating combustion air. A recuperator can recover waste heat from flue gases by using metal or ceramic walls to transfer heat from exhaust to incoming air through conduction. Recovering waste heat provides both direct benefits like reduced fuel consumption and indirect benefits such as decreased environmental pollution and downsized equipment.

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    Waste heat is heat generated during processes like combustion that is released into the environment rather than being reused. The quality and value of heat increases with temperature, making higher temperature heat more cost-effective to recover. Recovered heat can be used for applications like preheating combustion air. A recuperator can recover waste heat from flue gases by using metal or ceramic walls to transfer heat from exhaust to incoming air through conduction. Recovering waste heat provides both direct benefits like reduced fuel consumption and indirect benefits such as decreased environmental pollution and downsized equipment.

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    Waste heat is heat generated during processes like combustion that is released into the environment rather than being reused. The quality and value of heat increases with temperature, making higher temperature heat more cost-effective to recover. Recovered heat can be used for applications like preheating combustion air. A recuperator can recover waste heat from flue gases by using metal or ceramic walls to transfer heat from exhaust to incoming air through conduction. Recovering waste heat provides both direct benefits like reduced fuel consumption and indirect benefits such as decreased environmental pollution and downsized equipment.

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    Waste heat is heat generated during processes like combustion that is released into the environment rather than being reused. The quality and value of heat increases with temperature, making higher temperature heat more cost-effective to recover. Recovered heat can be used for applications like preheating combustion air. A recuperator can recover waste heat from flue gases by using metal or ceramic walls to transfer heat from exhaust to incoming air through conduction. Recovering waste heat provides both direct benefits like reduced fuel consumption and indirect benefits such as decreased environmental pollution and downsized equipment.

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    Waste heat is heat, which is generated in a process by way of fuel

    combustion or chemical reaction, and then dumped into the


    environment even though it could still be reused for some useful and
    economic purpose.
    The essential quality of heat is not the amount but rather its value.
    Usually higher the temperature, higher the quality and more cost
    effective is the heat recovery. In any study of waste heat recovery, it is
    absolutely necessary that there should be some use for the recovered
    heat. Typical examples of use would be preheating of combustion air,
    space heating, or pre-heating boiler feed water or process water. With
    high temperature heat recovery, a cascade system of waste heat
    recovery may be practiced to ensure that the maximum amount of heat
    is recovered at the highest potential.

    In a heat treatment furnace, the exhaust gases are leaving the


    furnace at 900 C at the rate of 2100 m3/hour. The total heat
    recoverable at 180oC final exhaust can be calculated as
    Q = V Cp T
    Q is the heat content in kCal
    V is the flowrate of the substance in m3/hr
    is density of the flue gas in kg/m3
    Cp is the specific heat of the substance in kCal/kg C
    T is the temperature difference in C
    Cp (Specific heat of flue gas) = 0.24 kCal/kg/C
    Heat available (Q) = 2100 1.19 0.24 ((900-180) =
    4,31,827 kCal/hr.By installing a recuperator, this heat can be
    recovered to pre-heat the combustion air.The fuel savings would
    be 33% (@ 1% fuel reduction for every 22 C reduction in
    temperature of flue gas.

    1.) RECUPERATOR :

    In a recuperator, heat exchange takes


    place between the flue gases and the
    air through metallic or ceramic
    walls. Duct or tubes carry the air for
    combustion to be pre-heated, the
    other side contains the waste heat
    stream. A recuperator for recovering
    waste heat from flue gases is shown
    in Figure 8.1.

    CONVECTIVE TYPE :A common configuration for


    recuperators is called the tube type or convective recuperator.
    As seen in the figure 8.3, the hot gases are carried through a
    number of parallel small diameter tubes, while the incoming air
    to be heated enters a shell surrounding the tubes and passes
    over the hot tubes one or more times in a direction normal to
    their axes.

    Other methods :Some other methods for heat recovery are :1. heat pipes
    2. heat wheels
    3. regenerators

    Benefits of 'waste heat recovery' can be broadly classified in two categories:


    Direct Benefits:
    Recovery of waste heat has a direct effect on the efficiency of the process. This is
    reflected by reduction in the utility consumption & costs, and process cost.

    Indirect Benefits:
    a) Reduction in pollution: A number of toxic combustible wastes such as carbon
    monoxide gas, sour gas, carbon black off gases, oil sludge, Acrylonitrile and other
    plastic chemicals etc, releasing to atmosphere if/when burnt in the incinerators
    serves dual purpose i.e. recovers heat and reduces the environmental pollution
    levels.
    b) Reduction in equipment sizes: Waste heat recovery reduces the fuel
    consumption, which leads to reduction in the flue gas produced. This results in
    reduction in equipment sizes of all flue gas handling equipments such as fans,
    stacks, ducts, burners, etc.
    c) Reduction in auxiliary energy consumption: Reduction in equipment sizes gives
    additional benefits in the form of reduction in auxiliary energy consumption like
    electricity for fans, pumps etc..

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