Kinetics and mass transfer processes of thermal catalytic neutralization of gas emissions in modern waste processing complexes

The method for calculation, design and manufacturing of the catalytic converters for waste processing complexes has been developed. The development of the method and mathematical model of heterogeneous catalytic process of harmful impurities are based on the experimental study of parameters of the process catalytic thermal purification

Optimal design of plate-and-frame heat exchangers for efficient heat recovery in process industries

The developments in design theory of plate heat exchangers, as a tool to increase heat recovery and efficiency of energy usage, are discussed. The optimal design of a multi-pass plate-and-frame heat exchanger with mixed grouping of plates is considered. The optimizing variables include the number of passes for both streams, the numbers of plates with different corrugation geometries in each pass, and the plate type and size. To estimate the value of the objective function in a space of optimizing variables the mathematical model of a plate heat exchanger is developed. To account for the multi-pass arrangement, the heat exchanger is presented as a number of plate packs with co- and counter-current directions of streams, for which the system of algebraic equations in matrix form is readily obtainable. To account for the thermal and hydraulic performance of channels between plates with different geometrical forms of corrugations, the exponents and coefficients in formulas to calculate the heat transfer coefficients and friction factors are used as model parameters. These parameters are reported for a number of industrially manufactured plates. The described approach is implemented in software for plate heat exchangers calculation

Computer Aided Design of Plate Heat Exchangers

The computer aided design of plate heat exchanger with mixed grouping of plates is considered. It is formulated as the mathematical problem of finding the minimal value for implicit nonlinear discrete/continues objective function with inequality constraints. The optimizing variables include the number of passes for both streams, the numbers of plates with different corrugation geometries in each pass, the plate type and its size. To estimate the value of objective function in a space of optimizing variables the mathematical model of plate heat exchanger is developed. To account for thermal and hydraulic performance of channels between plates with different geometrical forms of corrugations, the exponents and coefficients in formulas for heat transfer coefficients and friction factors calculation are used as model parameters. The procedure and software for numerical experiment to identify model parameters by comparing the calculation results with those obtained with free available in web computer programs of plate manufacturers is developed. The sets of such parameters are obtained for a number of industrially manufactured plates. The described approach is implemented as software for plate heat exchangers calculation

The investigation of fixed nitrogen catalytic processes for technologies of dual-purpose materials production

The paper is dedicated to investigation of fixed nitrogen catalytic processes and related technologies of dual-purpose materials production. The appropriated technologies of ammonia, nitric acid methanol production are considered. The development of novel axial-radial part of ammonia reactor with high-effective special plate heat exchanger is considered too

Heat integration of ammonia refrigeration cycle into buildings heating systems in buildings

The possibility of utilizing the low potential heat of the ammonia refrigeration cycle has been shown. The design of an energy saving heat exchangers network to heat water and air in municipal buildings has been proposed. The possibility of increasing the pressure of ammonia with the purpose of improving the heat recovery in the system and reducing the load of the heating and cooling systems was considered. The minimum temperature difference in the heat exchangers network was selected. The economic efficiency of the retrofit project was estimated

Process integration of sodium hypophosphite production

The case study of flexible integrated flowsheet development for sodium hypophosphite production is presented. It is based on phosphoric sludge utilization process. The weight concentration of phosphorous in raw materials is equal to 30e50%. The reaction and separation parts of the system were designed based on detailed analysis of production stages. After that the process equipment was selected. Process modelling is made for annual production of hypophosphite equal to 2500 t. It permitted to extract process streams for heat energy integration and to define their parameters. The operating pinch procedure was used to estimate the consumption of hot and cold utilities for non-integrated process. The influence of utilities cost on minimal temperature difference is investigated. Analysis of heat system topology modification depending on energy prices is conducted. Optimal structure of heat recovery system and minimal temperature difference are determined. It is shown that optimal integrated process consumes 45% of hot and 30% of cold utilities required by non-integrated process