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A Two Year Comparison of Energy and CO2 Emissions of an Industrial Refrigeration Plant after the Installation of a Waste Heat Recovery System.
- Source :
- Energy Procedia; Mar2019, Vol. 161, p251-258, 8p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Abstract The Paris Agreement aims to combat climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2<superscript>o</superscript>C by the reduction of CO 2 production. Scotland aims to be a world leader in the change and has set ambitious targets to meet this commitment. With nearly 70% of the energy cost in the production of ice cream spent on refrigeration, any improvement in their efficiency will reduce energy costs and CO 2 production. A waste heat recovery system presents a great opportunity to reclaim energy from the onsite refrigeration systems and convert it into useful hot water. A £216,275 project funded by The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and Innovate UK was setup to investigate the use of a waste recovery system within an onsite refrigeration system. The results showed a savings of 5% by the refrigeration plant in total along with an individual saving of 27% by the compressor within the refrigeration system. The WHRS also produced a supply of hot water which could be used onsite within the manufacturing or cleaning processes required onsite. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18766102
- Volume :
- 161
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Energy Procedia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 135399279
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2019.02.089