Chemingineering – Winds of Change
– K Sahasranaman, Independent Consultant
Our columnist talks about some of the interesting developments taking place in global wind power generation. Global wind power capacity has increased by 53% currently, but has to triple in the coming decade in the race to Net Zero.
Insight – Energy Efficiency in Multi-purpose Plants
– Himanshu Sagar, Mott MacDonald India
To be globally competitive in the midst of increasing energy prices, environmentally cleaner processes, energy efficient manufacturing is critical for success. And today there are a suite of various techniques, modelling, digital technologies etc that enables highly energy fficient processes as this brief overview points out.
Green Hydrogen as a Clean Energy Fuel for a Sustainable Economy
– Dr M P Sukumaran Nair
Green, Blue, Grey hydrogen are becoming buzz words in industry towards cleaner production routes for hydrogen, in global efforts to switch from fossil fuels to hydrogen. Article outlines the emerging situation on hydrogen and its use in replacing fossil fuels.
Drive Energy Efficiency with Decarbonization
– Alan Rossiter
To achieve net zero emission zerocarbon or low carbon technologies are paramount. Such technologies are inherently energy efficient too, says the author, though challenges remain.
Striking the right balance with steam – Optimizing steam and power balance in a Greenfield refinery
– Debopam Chaudhuri, Fluor
Steam is a versatile heating medium in process industries with many applications in terms of direct use as well as to cogenerate power. Designing an optimized steam system particularly in a complex plant like refinery is challenging. The paper provides the basic steps & guidelines to achieve a proper steam balance in a refinery.
Need for next generation reforms to promote energy efficiency and climate change initiatives for industrial boilers
– Ajit Apte, Transparent Energy Systems Pvt Ltd
Developments in the boiler industry have been held hostage to the regulatory mechanisms and its irrational implementation by regulatory institutions, particularly the Boiler Inspectorates, according to the author. This has hindered the growth & progress of the industry, particularly the deployment of energy efficient boilers. The regulatory conundrum is well explained alongwith author’s suggestions for next generation reforms.
Improved design of condensate recovery system – Roadmap to effective steam management
– Ashwini Tawade, Amresh Misra, Aker Solutions
For optimum and energy efficient steam management condensate recovery and waste heat issue is very important. This article describes important design elements in steam condensate recovery systems.
Designing a heat exchanger network
– Ashok Kumar Verma
Heat exchanger networks (HEN) save energy but designing HEN systems is challenging. Heuristic rules for optimising HEN are discussed.
An overview of energy efficiency in the drying processes
– Sachin R Shinde, Bhasker N Thorat, ICT-Bhubaneswar
Drying is another energy intensive separation process. An overview of drying technologies alongwith criteria for energy efficiency are outlined.
Enhance energy efficiency in entire steam generation & distribution system
– Lakshmana Rao V, Nanda Kishore Desapande, TCE Ltd
This article comprehensively discusses the entire steam generation & distribution systems, the role of steam, process integration, condensate recovery, automate monitoring of steam trays etc and how energy efficiency can be enhanced.
