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Waste Heat Reduction and Recovery
Overview
Thermal efficiency of process heating equipment,
such as furnaces, ovens, melters, heaters, and kilns is the ratio of heat
delivered to a material and heat supplied to the heating equipment. For most
heating equipment, a large amount of the heat supplied is wasted in the form of
exhaust or flue gases. These losses depend on various factors associated with
the design and operation of the heating equipment. This course will help
engineers and plant operators to reduce waste heat losses associated with the
heating equipment.
In this course the student will learn some of the
basic waste heat reduction and recovery opportunities for improving furnace
efficiency, productivity and emissions performance.
The student is expected to read and review the material contained
in A BestPractices Process Heating Technical Brief - Waste Heat Reduction and
Recovery for Improving Furnace Efficiency, Productivity and Emissions
Performance DOE/GO-102004-1975 November 2004
The student must take a
multiple-choice quiz consisting of ten (10) questions at the end of
this course to obtain PDH credits.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and
skills:
- Heat losses from
fuel-fired heating equipment
- What determines waste-gas
losses
- Steps for increasing
energy efficiency through reduction in exhaust gas heat losses
- Waste heat recover
- Energy reduction and
recovery strategy
- Improving the performance
of existing equipment
- Modifying and upgrading
equipment
Course
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Waste Heat Reduction and Recovery (531 KB)
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credit. Click on the link below.
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