Energy Conservation in Industry -- Combustion, Heat Recovery and Rankine Cycle Machines : Proceedings of the Contractors' Meetings held in Brussels on 10 and 18 June, and 29 October 1982

The main objectives of the Ccmnunity's energy policy consist of securing a sufficient energy supply for the present and future demand of its Member States and in reducing the Community's dependence on imported energy through the more rational use of energy and a broader diversifiƯ cation of supply. This requires a full set of common efforts at all levels, including energy research and development. In the framework of its strategy for scientific and technological research the Commission of the European Ccmnunities has launched several R et D progranunes in the field of energy. Theses progranunes are :inplemented either directly in its Joint Research Centre or by concluding contracts with research institutions in the EC Member countries. One of the most inportant short and medil. UR term objectives of the present four-year Energy R et D Progranune (1979 - 1983) approved by the Council of Ministers on 13 September 1979 aims at fostering energy conservation technologies in the three main energy consl. Uning sectors: danestic, industry and transport. In the European Carmunity more than 35% of the energy is conslB'IIed in industry. About 23% of the inported oil is used in this sector. Two thirds of this energy are used for heating purposes. Consequently, there is a high potential for residuary heat recovery. In order to enhance rational use of energy and energy conservation in the Member States of the Ccmnunity, it is necessary, anong other things, to promote the development of combustion and energy recovery techniques Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction....Pages 1-1 Front Matter....Pages 3-5 Efficiency of Reverberatory Furnaces....Pages 6-20 Improvements of Recuperators Associated to Steel Slab Furnaces....Pages 21-34 Improved Boiler Control in Food Factories....Pages 35-44 Front Matter....Pages 45-50 Development of a High Temperature Heat Pipe Heat Exchanger for Recovery of Residual Heat....Pages 51-65 Heat Transfer, Vapor-Liquid Flow Interaction and Materials Compatibility in Two-Phase Thermosyphons....Pages 66-81 Design, Building and Testing of a Novel Modular Gas-Gas Ceramic Heat Exchanger for Exhaust Heat Recovery Around 1200°C....Pages 82-95 Compact Gas-Gas Heat Exchanger....Pages 96-108 The Evaporation of Viscose Process Liquors by Low Energy Means....Pages 109-119 Aluminium Melting Furnace Heat Regeneration Project....Pages 120-130 Design of Waste Heat Boilers for the Recovery of Energy from Arc Furnace Waste Gases....Pages 131-141 Energy Recovery from Cast Iron Melting Furnaces....Pages 142-155 Front Matter....Pages 157-159 Industrial Waste Heat Recovery by Use of Organic Rankine Cycles (ORC)....Pages 160-176 Medium Temperature 100 KW ORC Engine for Total Energy Systems....Pages 177-189 Optimisation of a Multi-Vane Expander as the Prime Mover in an Organic Rankine Cycle....Pages 190-212 Confirmation of the advantages of a Thermodynamic Cycle Using Sulfur with the Help of an Experimental Facility....Pages 213-222 Energy Cascading Combined with Thermal Energy Storage in Industry....Pages 223-239 Proceedings of the Contractors' Meetings held in Brussels on June 10, 18 and October 29, 1982