Exergoeconomic analysis of energy utilization of drying process in a ceramic production

Abstract

Thermo economic cost analysis of a ceramic plant, with a yearly production capacity of 24 million m2, was performed based on the actual operational data. The ceramic drying system was analyzed at the spray dryer, the vertical dryer and the furnace stages.Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering Istanbul, Aydin University, Istanbul, TR 34455, Turkey; Department of Energy Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yaşar University, 35100 Bornova, Izmir, Turke