Title :
Energy savings in coke oven plants
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento Ingegneria Energetica, Genova Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The recovery of the various types of waste energy from coke ovens has been promoted mainly for energy savings purposes, but also for the improvement of environmental conditions. This work considers all the possible ways of recovering thermal energy from coke ovens and compares them according to the second law of thermodynamics
Keywords :
energy resources; industrial plants; coke oven plants; energy savings; second law of thermodynamics; thermal energy recovery; Atmosphere; Chemical processes; Combustion; Fuels; Gases; Heat transfer; Ovens; Power generation economics; Temperature; Waste heat;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1989. IECEC-89., Proceedings of the 24th Intersociety
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
DOI :
10.1109/IECEC.1989.74705
