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.

威廉·库克（William Cook）是一家具有前瞻性的公司，希望通过最大程度地减少其能源损失并从其炉子中恢复废热来以可持续和环保的方式行事。威廉·库克（William Cook）的谢菲尔德（Sheffield）网站专门针对国防，铁路，建筑以及石油和天然气等各个部门的制造铸造组件以及专家合金和超合金。铸造过程非常强大，因为它需要金属和合金融化。该场地运营着许多电动感应炉和燃气的重型铸造炉，每年都会消耗大量的气体和电力。熔炉内的温度约为1,200oC，炉子的大量高温以热烟气的形式损失到大气中。在此阶段1 IETF可行性研究中，我们将寻求通过从废气中恢复废气，以提高该站点的能源效率，并减少其环境足迹，例如通过各种可能的用途，例如通过有机兰氨基周期（ORC），预热燃烧空气来产生电力，使用热水和蒸汽凉爽的燃料和快速冷却。可行性研究将确定该网站的最佳技术和财务解决方案。后来，在IETF的第二阶段中，我们将寻求从所选技术解决方案的部署中获得赠款的额外财务支持。该项目具有创新性，因为它需要在废热恢复和利用，热传递，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视设备。因此，威廉·库克（William Cook）与谢菲尔德·哈拉姆大学（Sheffield Hallam University）的哈拉姆（Hallam）能源（Hallam Energy）合作，领导这项研究。