scholarly journals Contracts, Business Models and Barriers to Investing in Low Temperature District Heating Projects

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (15) ◽  
pp. 3142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Lygnerud ◽  
Edward Wheatcroft ◽  
Henry Wynn
Keyword(s):  
Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat Recovery ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
District Heating ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Urban Waste ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Wide Scale ◽  
The Impact

Approximately 1.2 EJ of energy are potentially available for recovery each year from urban heat sources in the EU. This corresponds to more than 10 percent of the EU’s total energy demand for heat and hot water. There are, however, a number of challenges to be met before urban waste heat recovery can be performed on a wide scale. This paper focuses on the non-technical issues related to urban waste heat recovery and is written on the basis of opinions gathered from stakeholders in the field. Three non-technical issues are focused upon. First, a number of important barriers to wide scale urban waste recovery are identified, and where applicable, recommendations are made regarding how to overcome these barriers. Second, important issues and challenges regarding contract design are identified and discussed. Key elements of heat supply contracts between the district heating company and the owner of the waste heat are described. Finally, the impact on business models of properties specific to urban waste heat recovery are discussed. Data were collected from two separate sources, both related to the ReUseHeat Horizon 2020 project, which addresses the application of urban waste heat recovery in existing district heating networks. First, a number of interviews with stakeholders were carried out. Second, information was collected from demonstrator sites involved in the ReUseHeat project. It was concluded that, for urban waste heat recovery to be taken up on a wide scale, there is still a large amount of work to do to overcome these major issues. This paper is novel in that key non-technical issues of urban waste heat recovery are discussed from the perspective of a large sample of actual stakeholders and practitioners in the field.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Waste Heat Recovery from Wastewater on Livestock and Agriculture Farms

Resources ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Słyś ◽  
Kamil Pochwat ◽  
Dorian Czarniecki
Keyword(s):  
Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat Recovery ◽  
Financial Analysis ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Heat Pumps ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Pollutant Emissions ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
The Impact

Agriculture is one of the sectors of the economy in which it is possible to conduct much more rational energy economy. The easiest way to achieve financial savings as well as reduce air pollution is to use waste heat sources. Heat pumps are perfect for this. Particularly favorable is the case when the device can operate in an alternative system and serve both heating and cooling purposes. The purpose of this article was to present possible solutions for installations enabling heat recovery from wastewater to supply agri-breeding farms with hot utility and technological water, a financial analysis of their application, and an assessment of the impact of these solutions on possible reduction of pollutant emissions. The tests were carried out for four variants of cooperation between a heat pump and an exchanger. In the first variant, waste heat was used in the process of heating water used to clean stands and prepare feed. In the second variant, waste heat took part in heating the water used for watering plants. In the third variant, waste heat was used in the process of drying cereals. In turn, in the last variant, waste heat supported the preparation of utility hot water for the breeder’s residential building. The study showed the legitimacy of using thermal energy from liquid manure as a waste heat source on farms and farming. This is mainly due to the short payback period, which can be within 2–4 years. In turn, the analysis of pollution reduction associated with the recovery of waste energy showed that the use of heat pumps allowed a significant reduction in the emission of harmful compounds to the atmosphere, in particular carbon dioxide. It is worth noting that livestock breeding is one of the most important branches of agricultural production not only in Poland but also throughout Europe, Asia and South and North America. For this reason, the use of waste heat-recovery systems enables real savings in the purchase of energy and reduction of pollutant emissions arising during traditional production processes.

scholarly journals The impact of the condensation process on the degree of cleaning of flue gases from acidic compounds

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 00031
Author(s):  
Piotr Szulc ◽  
Tomasz Tietze ◽  
Daniel Smykowski
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Water Vapour ◽  
Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Pilot Scale ◽  
Flue Gases ◽  
Condensation Process ◽  
Acidic Compounds ◽  
The Impact

The paper presents studies on the impact of the process of condensation of water vapour on the process of cleaning of flue gases from acidic compounds. The measurements were carried out on a pilot-scale plant for waste heat recovery from flue gases, taking into account the process of condensation of the water vapour contained in them. The plant was connected to a lignite-fired power unit with a capacity of 360 MW located at PGE GiEK S.A., Bełchatów Power Plant Branch. The impact of the condensation of water vapour on the reduction of sulphur, chlorine and fluorine forming acidic compounds was examined. The studies show that the condensation process is conducive to removal of acidic compounds from flue gases.

Design and Performance of a Fuel Cell Plant Heat Recovery System

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Ryan ◽  
Tom Brown
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Latent Heat ◽  
Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Waste Heat Recovery System ◽  
Recovery System ◽  
Heat Recovery System

A 1 MW Direct Fuel Cell® (DFC) power plant began operation at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) in January, 2007. This plant is currently the largest fuel cell plant in the world operating on a university campus. The plant consists of four 250 kW DFC300MA™ fuel cell units purchased from FuelCell Energy, Inc., and a waste heat recovery system which produces dual heating hot water loops for campus building ventilation heating, and domestic water and swimming pool heating water for the University Student Union (USU). The waste heat recovery system was designed by CSUN’s Physical Plant Management and engineering student staff personnel to accommodate the operating conditions required by the four individual fuel cell units as well as the thermal energy needs of the campus. A Barometric Thermal Trap (BaTT) was designed to mix the four fuel cell exhaust streams prior to flowing through a two stage heat exchanger unit. The BaTT is required to maintain an appropriate exhaust back pressure at the individual fuel cell units under a variety of operating conditions and without reliance on mechanical systems for control. The two stage heat exchanger uses separate coils for recovering sensible and latent heat in the exhaust stream. The sensible heat is used for heating water for the campus’ hot water system. The latent heat represents a significant amount of energy because of the high steam content in the fuel cell exhaust, although it is available at a lower temperature. CSUN’s design is able to make effective use of the latent heat because of the need for swimming pool heating and hot water for showers in an adjacent recreational facility at the USU. Design calculations indicate that a Combined Heat and Power efficiency of 74% is possible. This paper discusses the integration of the fuel cell plant into the campus’ energy systems, and presents preliminary operational data for the performance of the heat recovery system.

Thermodynamic Analysis of Ethanol-Diesel Oil and Waste Heat Recovery for Diesel Engines

2014 ◽  
Vol 1070-1072 ◽  
pp. 140-145
Author(s):  
Ming Yue He ◽  
Hong Tao Gao ◽  
Wang Liu
Keyword(s):  
Diesel Engine ◽  
Thermodynamic Analysis ◽  
Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Cooling Water ◽  
Engine Performance ◽  
Alternative Fuel ◽  
Diesel Oil ◽  
The Impact

In this paper, for the purpose of providing a scientific reference for saving energy and improving the efficiency of diesel engine, the impact of ethanol diesel-oil alternative fuel and waste heat recovery are investigated on the basis of thermodynamic analysis. The results illustrate that, after using ethanol diesel alternative fuel, engine performance parameters are of no big change, however, the exhaust emissions are significantly reduced; Recycling the energy contained in the exhaust gas and cooling water, can achieve the purpose of energy conservation and emissions reduction, beside improving the thermal efficiency and exergy efficiency of the diesel engine.

scholarly journals Waste Heat Recovery from Servers Using an Air to Water Heat Pump

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Seweryn Lipiński ◽  
Michał Duda ◽  
Dominik Górski
Keyword(s):  
Heat Pump ◽  
Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat Recovery ◽  
Waste Heat ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Coefficient Of Performance ◽  
Domestic Hot Water ◽  
Cooling Unit ◽  
Pump Inlet ◽  
The Cost

The analysis of advisability and profitability of using an air to water heat pump for the purpose of waste heat recovery from servers being used as cryptocurrency mining rigs, was performed. To carry out such an analysis, the cooling unit of the computing server was connected to the heat pump, and the entire system was adequately equipped with devices measuring parameters of the process. Performed experiments proves that the heat pump coefficient of performance (COP) reaches satisfactory values (i.e., an average of 4.21), what is the result of stable and high-temperature source of heat at the pump inlet (i.e., in the range of 29.9-34.1). Economic analysis shows a significant reduction in the cost of heating domestic hot water (by nearly 59-61%). The main conclusion which can be drawn from the paper, is that in a case of having a waste heat source in a form of a server or similar, it is advisable to consider the purchase of air-to-water heat pump for the purpose of domestic hot water heating.

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