Serious energy crises and ecological pollution have had negative impacts on all countries
worldwide. These challenges are largely attributed to the production and operation of …

Boiler is a widely used steam generating system in industries and power plants. A significant
portion of the world energy consumption is being used in boilers. A small improvement on …

A plate heat exchanger (PHE) is a modern, effective type of heat transfer equipment capable
of increasing heat recuperation and energy efficiency. For PHEs, enhanced methods of heat …

This paper presents a method for heat exchanger network (HEN) optimisation considering
plate heat exchangers (PHEs), incorporating detailed PHEs design. The developed method …

Large amounts of high-temperature solid granular (HTSG) materials are produced
throughout the world in metallurgy and building materials industries whose activities are …

Steel industry plays an important role economically in China. A great amount of hot waste
liquids and gases are discharged into environment during many steelmaking processes …

Reactive dyeing is primarily used in the textile industry to achieve a high level of productivity
for high-quality products. This method requires heating a large amount of freshwater for …

The heat exchanger is the key device for waste heat recovery from oilfield wastewater, which
is an oil, water, gas mixture. Therefore, this paper aims to numerically investigate the flow …

In China, district heating systems are facing a dilemma between rapid growth in demand
owing to urbanization and environmental problems related to coal-fired boilers. The …

Thermal drying is energy intensive due to the unavoidable thermodynamic constraint of
supplying sufficient energy to evaporate the water (h fg> 2000 kJ kg− 1). Textile dryers only …