Original scientific paper

ENERGY SAVINGS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION APPLYING COGENERATION

Rajka Budin
Alka Mihelić-Bogdanić
Edita Vujasinović

Abstract

Increased industrial energy efficiency and also lower environmental pollution could be achieved through the application of cogeneration as well as secondary sources i.e. reusing process condensate. Proposed here is replacement of the conventional system of separate electrical energy and thermal energy from a boiler plant with cogeneration, i.e. with combined heat and power production (CHP). Analysed options aimed at reducing the consumption of the primary source indicate significant savings. Comparison between cogeneration and conventional energy production results in savings of about 34%. Condensate heat recovery in the conventional process is about 7%, while in CHP process it reaches about 16%. In addition, fuel savings for the same amount of produced energy translate to gretaer economy and environmental benefits.

Keywords

polymerisation; energy consumption; cogeneration; heat recovery; savings

Hrčak ID:

16273

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/16273

Publication date:

1.10.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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