LAPSE:2023.5198
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LAPSE:2023.5198
Thermal Analysis and Energy Efficiency Improvements in Tunnel Kiln for Sustainable Environment
Syed Ali Hussnain, Muhammad Farooq, Muhammad Amjad, Fahid Riaz, Zia Ur Rehman Tahir, Muhammad Sultan, Ijaz Hussain, Muhammad Ali Shakir, Muhammad Abdul Qyyum, Ning Han, Awais Bokhari
February 23, 2023
Kiln is a prime need in the ceramics industry, where energy loss is a major part which consumes about 60% production cost through thermal energy for different applications. Higher density of fired and tunnel kiln refractory material lowers the thermal diffusivity and the proper selection of fired material minimizes the energy loss along the kiln. In particular, this research analysed the results of a heat recovery system comprised of a metallic recuperator which gives around 8% energy savings in natural gas consumption. In this work, detailed power quality analysis of low-power factor motors of a tunnel kiln was carried out and a power factor improvement solution was suggested to save electrical energy with payback period of 0.8 y. The motor operating at a low-power factor consumes more reactive power which does not produce beneficial work. A low-power factor around 0.4 causes network power loss, increases in transformer loss and voltage drops. The solution with accumulative capacitance power of 148.05 uF was installed to achieve the power factor to 0.9. Flu gas analyzer was installed to monitor the range of O2 in pre-heating, oxidation, and firing zones of the kiln which should be ≥8% and 3%, respectively. Regression analysis for thermal energy consumption of a tunnel kiln is done to find the forecast thermal energy consumption. This analysis can be used to find operational efficiency, supporting decisions regarding dependent variable of thermal energy consumption and independent variable of production. This research is very helpful for the ceramics industry to mitigate the energy loss at SMEs as well as in mass production level.
Keywords
Energy Efficiency, power quality analysis, Technoeconomic Analysis, thermal analysis, tunnel kiln
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Hussnain SA, Farooq M, Amjad M, Riaz F, Tahir ZUR, Sultan M, Hussain I, Shakir MA, Qyyum MA, Han N, Bokhari A. Thermal Analysis and Energy Efficiency Improvements in Tunnel Kiln for Sustainable Environment. (2023). LAPSE:2023.5198
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Hussnain SA: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
Farooq M: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan [ORCID]
Amjad M: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan [ORCID]
Riaz F: Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117575, Singapore [ORCID]
Tahir ZUR: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
Sultan M: Department of Agricultural Engineering, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan [ORCID]
Hussain I: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru 81310 UTM, Malaysia
Shakir MA: Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, University of Sargodha, Sargodha 40100, Pakistan
Qyyum MA: School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 712-749, Korea [ORCID]
Han N: Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, 3001 Leuven, Belgium [ORCID]
Bokhari A: Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory−SPIL, NETME Centre, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Brno University of Technology−VUT Brno, Technická 2896/2, 616 69 Brno, Czech Republic; Department of Chemical Engineering, Lahore Campus, COMSATS Univer
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Processes
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9
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9
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1629
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2021
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2021-09-09
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2227-9717
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