A comparative study of waste energy recovery from a hot-oil central boiler in a textile finishing factory


Kavak H., Timuralp Ç., Döner N.

ENERGY SOURCES PART A-RECOVERY UTILIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/15567036.2020.1738595
  • Journal Name: ENERGY SOURCES PART A-RECOVERY UTILIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, ABI/INFORM, Aerospace Database, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, Applied Science & Technology Source, CAB Abstracts, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, Computer & Applied Sciences, Environment Index, Greenfile, INSPEC, Metadex, Pollution Abstracts, Veterinary Science Database, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Keywords: Waste energy recovery, shell-and-tube heat exchangers, textile industry, dry machines, double-pipe heat exchangers, TUBE HEAT-EXCHANGERS, TECHNOLOGIES, PERFORMANCE, EFFICIENCY, NETWORK, PIPE, CONSUMPTION, IMPROVEMENT, STRATEGIES, DESIGN
  • Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Energy consumption in the textile industry is a significant part of the production cost. A shell-and-tube heat exchanger (STHX) was designed and manufactured for waste energy recovery from a hot-oil boiler in a textile finishing factory. An STHX with a single pass, including finned tubes and no baffle, was manufactured. By providing waste energy recovery to the applied system, air is released to the environment at 323 K instead of 525 K. Two scenarios were analyzed: (i) the designed STHX, alternatively with finned and unfinned-tube designs; and (ii) a double-pipe heat exchanger (DPHX) under the same operating conditions. These two cases were compared in terms of thermal performance. The applied system achieved an energy recovery of approximately 74.2%. The application of finned-tubes has an effect of between 11% and 24% on the total heat transfer coefficient. Applying the DPHX would provide thermal energy recovery of approximately 13% under the same operating conditions. The reason for the greater waste energy recovery when applying STHX is also shown by this analysis.