Intensified Heat Transfer for Energy Saving in Process Industries

Completed

Energy Efficiency(Industry)

Basic and strategic applied research

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Chemical Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting

Professor R Smith
Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science
University of Manchester

Standard

EPSRC

09 November 2009

08 November 2011

24 months

£236,487

Process engineering

North West

Energy : Energy

Professor R Smith, Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester

Dr J Kim, Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester

Project Contact, EMbaffle BV, The Netherlands
Project Contact, CAL Gavin Ltd

Linked to grant EP/G059497/1

The project addresses the technical breakthrough in energy management urgently needed in the process industries. An integrated and multidisciplinary research will be made to achieve maximum potential for heat recovery and to allow a step change improvement in heat recovery through the application of process intensification method and associated heat transfer equipment. New design concepts and in-depth knowledge will be gained from various studies proposed in this project, especially investigation of fouling kinetics, analysis of intensified heat transfer, exploitation of enhanced heat transfer techniques, gaining of strategic guidance for the implementation of intensified heat exchanger networks, and development of automated design methodology for intensified heat recovery systems. Thesuccessful completion of the project will radically improve energy and capital efficiency for process industries, and significantly accelerate the implementation of intensified heat transfer designin industrial practice

26/08/09