Potential for improving the energy efficiency of cryogenic air separation unit (ASU) using binary heat recovery cycles

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 223-231

  Aneke, Mathew ^a   Wang, Meihong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compressor heat recovery; Cryogenic air separation unit; Organic Rankine cycle; Waste heat recovery

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSORS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CRYOGENICS; EFFLUENTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FLUIDS; HOT WORKING; RANKINE CYCLE; RECOVERY; REFRIGERANTS; SEPARATION; WASTE HEAT;

ATMOSPHERIC AIR; CRYOGENIC AIR SEPARATION; HEAT RECOVERY CYCLE; MODELLING AND SIMULATIONS; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES; ORGANIC RANKING CYCLES; OVERALL PRESSURE RATIOS; SPECIFIC POWER CONSUMPTION;

WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

EID: 84924252945     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.02.034     Document Type: Article

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