Industry rejects a large share of its fuel energy as waste heat. Recovery exchangers, economisers and ORC units capture it; storage solves the mismatch between when waste heat appears (batches, shifts) and when it is wanted.
The first step is a heat audit that maps sources and sinks by temperature, flow and timing.
Key facts
- Sources
- Exhaust, flue gas, kilns, compressors
- Equipment
- Recuperators, economisers, ORC
- Storage role
- Bridge time mismatch
- Start
- Pinch / heat audit
Waste heat recovery8
- Industrial exhaust heat
- Furnace and kiln waste heat
- Boiler flue-gas heat recovery
- Compressor heat recovery
- Data-centre waste heat
- Industrial cooling-water heat recovery
- Power plant condenser and auxiliary heat recovery
- Manufacturing process waste heat
Heat transfer equipment9
- Shell-and-tube heat exchangers
- Plate heat exchangers
- Air-cooled heat exchangers
- Finned-tube exchangers
- Recuperators
- Economisers
- Condensers
- Evaporators
- Thermal fluid circulation systems
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Related topics
- Industrial HeatStorage matched to each industry's temperature, operating cycle and heat-delivery form — steam, hot air, hot oil or hot water.
- Heat-to-PowerSteam Rankine, ORC, sCO₂ and closed-cycle gas turbines convert stored or recovered heat into electricity.
- Heat PumpsIndustrial and large heat pumps upgrade low-grade heat to useful temperatures; storage lets them run at the best hours.
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