Waste Heat Conf Paper UTM Locartic
Waste Heat Conf Paper UTM Locartic
Waste Heat Conf Paper UTM Locartic
BB. Nyakuma1, N.I. Mahyon1,2, M.S. Chiong1,2, S. Rajoo1,2, R.F. Martinez-Botas3 and Y. Laoonual4
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UTM Centre for Low Carbon Transport (LoCARtic), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Johor Bahru,
Johor, Malaysia.
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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia.
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Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BX, UK
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King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Bangkok 10140, Thailand
SUMMARY: Petroleum processing generates large quantities of waste heat (WH) and flue gases (FG) that could
be potentially recovered and utilised for electricity production, cost savings, and emission reductions. Current
WH/FG recovery systems utilise singular or binary systems comprising organic Rankine cycle (ORC), electric
turbo-compounding (ETC), or thermoelectric generation (TEG) technologies. However, these systems are prone
to various challenges ranging from low efficiency, power output, and other losses. Therefore, this paper proposes
and examines an innovative integrated WH/FG recovery system based on the combined ORC/ETC/TEG
configuration. The system analysis and optimisation results showed that the system could potentially recover
~7.2% of the input fuel energy along with a 7.2% reduction in CO2 emissions. Overall, the findings indicate that
the proposed ETC- ORC-TEG system could be potentially employed for WH-FG recovery and future utilisation.
Keywords: Waste Heat, Flue Gases, Energy Recovery, Rankine Cycle, Electric Turbo-Compounding, Thermo-
Electric Generation
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS