Waste Heat Recovery in Food and Drinks Industry (Abstract only)

MUKHERJEE, Sanjay, ASTHANA, Abhishek and HOWARTH, Martin (2016). Waste Heat Recovery in Food and Drinks Industry (Abstract only). Journal of Food Process Technology, 7 (12).

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Abstract

Most baking processes in the food manufacturing sector involve use of gas-fired ovens. Only about one-third of the total energy used in these ovens adds value to the final product. The remaining two-thirds is discharged with the exhaust gases at 150-250o C and thus represents an opportunity for heat recovery. However, the low temperature range, fouling and presence of corrosive materials in the exhaust streams make heat recovery technically challenging and uneconomical. The existing low grade heat recovery technolgies mostly use gas to liquid heat transfer to produce hot water for use in other areas of the manufacturing plant. The performance of these systems is governed by hot water demand in the factory and is therefore not recommended if there are frequent fluctuations in demand or if a more efficient technology, such as combined heat and power, is already in place. This study involves design, manufacturing and testing of a novel low-temperature gas to gas heat recovery system using an array of heat pipe heat exchangers, for industrial-scale baking ovens at a large confectionary manufacturing plant. Unlike gas to liquid heat transfer, a gas to gas heat transfer system provides direct savings in oven fuel consumption, independent of the hot water and other energy demands elsewhere in the plant. The heat recovery potential of the system is estimated using a thermodynamic model developed based on energy and mass balance for the ovens. The design enables recovery of up to 50% of the energy available through the exhaust stack, increasing the energy efficiency of the overall process to 60% and reducing food manufacturing costs by one third.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: 15th International Conference on Food Processing & Technology October 27-29, 2016 Rome, Italy
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.4172/2157-7110.C1.056
SWORD Depositor: Symplectic Elements
Depositing User: Symplectic Elements
Date Deposited: 06 Apr 2020 14:44
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 02:09
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/26070

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