Energy Engineering

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Waste Heat Recovery

The process of capturing and reusing thermal energy from industrial processes that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere / 从工业过程中捕获和重新利用通常排放到大气中的热能的过程

Knowledge type: 工艺技术
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Proposer: Turkey Farm member
Creator: 农场主
Last updated: 2026-11-14 22:06:11

Sub-knowledge points

Thermoelectric GenerationOrganic Rankine Cycle (ORC)Heat Exchanger Design

Higher-order knowledge points

Energy EfficiencyIndustrial SustainabilityCircular Economy

Main parameters and performance indicators

Heat Source: The industrial waste stream (e.g., flue gas, exhaust steam)Recovery Efficiency: The ratio of recovered energy to available waste heatSystem Integration: The method of connecting the recovery unit to the main power or freshwater generation process

Open problems

Minimizing the parasitic load of auxiliary equipmentHandling variable waste heat loads and compositionsImproving the economic viability in low-temperature waste heat scenarios

Related literature

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Multi-objective optimization of a storage-assisted waste heat recovery system for integrated and sustainable power and freshwater generation in steel plantsOpen source

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