William Cook Energy Efficiency Feasibility Study

威廉库克能源效率可行性研究

• 批准号: 96739
• 金额: $ 4.89万
• 依托单位: WILLIAM COOK HOLDINGS LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=96739
• 关键词: William; Cook; Energy; Efficiency; Feasibility

William Cook is a forward-thinking company which wants to act in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner by minimising its energy losses and recovering waste heat from its furnaces. William Cook's Sheffield site specialises in manufacturing cast components and specialist alloys and superalloys for various sectors such as defence, rail, construction and oil and gas. The casting process is very energy intensive as it requires melting of metals and alloys. The site operates a number of electric induction furnaces and gas-fired heavy foundry furnaces which consume a significant amount of gas and electricity every year. The temperatures inside the furnaces are about 1,200oC and a significant amount of high-grade heat from the furnaces is lost to the atmosphere in the form of hot flue gases. In this Phase 1 IETF application for feasibility study, we will be looking to improve the site's energy efficiency and reduce its environmental footprint by recovering waste heat from the exhaust gases for a variety of possible uses such as producing electricity by Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC), pre-heating combustion air, pre-heating of feedstock, production of hot water and steam and rapid cooling using Absorption Chilling. The feasibility study will determine the best technical and financial solutions for the site. Later, in Phase 2 of the IETF, we will be looking to secure additional financial support from the grant for the deployment of the chosen technical solution.The project is innovative as it requires knowledge and expertise in waste heat recovery and utilisation, heat transfer, thermodynamics, etc. as well as experience of heat utilisation technologies. It also requires special measuring and monitoring equipment. William Cook have thus partnered with Hallam Energy at Sheffield Hallam University to lead this study.

William Cook是一家具有前瞻性思维的公司，希望以可持续和环保的方式行事，最大限度地减少能源损失并回收熔炉中的废热。William Cook的谢菲尔德工厂专门为国防、铁路、建筑、石油和天然气等各个行业生产铸造部件和特种合金及高温合金。铸造过程是非常耗能的，因为它需要熔化金属和合金。该工厂经营多个感应电炉和燃气重型铸造炉，每年消耗大量天然气和电力。炉内的温度约为1,200 ℃，炉内大量的高品位热量以热烟气的形式流失到大气中。在IETF第一阶段的可行性研究申请中，我们将通过回收废气中的废热用于各种可能的用途，如有机朗肯循环（ORC）发电，预热燃烧空气，预热原料，生产热水和蒸汽以及使用吸收式制冷快速冷却，来提高工厂的能源效率并减少其环境足迹。可行性研究将确定该网站的最佳技术和财务解决方案。我们将于稍后的第二期工程计划中，寻求额外的资助，以推行所选的技术方案。该项目具有创新性，因为它需要废热回收和利用、传热、热力学等方面的知识和专业知识，以及热利用技术的经验。它还需要特殊的测量和监测设备。因此，威廉库克与谢菲尔德哈勒姆大学的哈勒姆能源公司合作，领导这项研究。