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Thermal analysis and energy efficiency improvements in tunnel kiln for sustainable environment

Hussnain S.A., Farooq M., Amjad M., Riaz F., Tahir Z.U.R., Sultan M., Hussain I., Shakir M.A., Qyyum M.A., Han N., Bokhari A.

Originální název

Thermal analysis and energy efficiency improvements in tunnel kiln for sustainable environment

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

Kiln is a prime need in the ceramics industry, where energy loss is a major part which consumes about 60% production cost through thermal energy for different applications. Higher density of fired and tunnel kiln refractory material lowers the thermal diffusivity and the proper selection of fired material minimizes the energy loss along the kiln. In particular, this research analysed the results of a heat recovery system comprised of a metallic recuperator which gives around 8% energy savings in natural gas consumption. In this work, detailed power quality analysis of low-power factor motors of a tunnel kiln was carried out and a power factor improvement solution was suggested to save electrical energy with payback period of 0.8 y. The motor operating at a low-power factor consumes more reactive power which does not produce beneficial work. A low-power factor around 0.4 causes network power loss, increases in transformer loss and voltage drops. The solution with accumulative capacitance power of 148.05 uF was installed to achieve the power factor to 0.9. Flu gas analyzer was installed to monitor the range of O-2 in pre-heating, oxidation, and firing zones of the kiln which should be >= 8% and 3%, respectively. Regression analysis for thermal energy consumption of a tunnel kiln is done to find the forecast thermal energy consumption. This analysis can be used to find operational efficiency, supporting decisions regarding dependent variable of thermal energy consumption and independent variable of production. This research is very helpful for the ceramics industry to mitigate the energy loss at SMEs as well as in mass production level.

Klíčová slova

Energy efficiency; Power quality analysis; Techno-economic analysis; Thermal analysis; Tunnel kiln

Autoři

Hussnain S.A., Farooq M., Amjad M., Riaz F., Tahir Z.U.R., Sultan M., Hussain I., Shakir M.A., Qyyum M.A., Han N., Bokhari A.

Vydáno

1. 9. 2021

Nakladatel

MDPI

Místo

MDPI, ST ALBAN-ANLAGE 66, CH-4052 BASEL, SWITZERLAND

ISSN

2227-9717

Periodikum

Processes

Ročník

9

Číslo

9

Stát

Švýcarská konfederace

Strany od

1629

Strany do

1629

Strany počet

13

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/9/9/1629

BibTex

@article{BUT172742,
  author="Syed Awais Ali Shah {Bokhari}",
  title="Thermal analysis and energy efficiency improvements in tunnel kiln for sustainable environment",
  journal="Processes",
  year="2021",
  volume="9",
  number="9",
  pages="1629--1629",
  doi="10.3390/pr9091629",
  issn="2227-9717",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9717/9/9/1629"
}