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Development of efficiency-enhanced cogeneration system utilizing high-temperature exhaust-gas from a regenerative thermal oxidizer for waste volatile-organic-compound gases

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  • Bannai, Masaaki
  • Houkabe, Akira
  • Furukawa, Masahiko
  • Kashiwagi, Takao
  • Akisawa, Atsushi
  • Yoshida, Takuya
  • Yamada, Hiroyuki

Abstract

We have developed a gas-turbine cogeneration system that makes effective use of the calorific value of the volatile organic compound (VOC) gases exhausted during production processes at a manufacturing plant. The system utilizes the high-temperature exhaust-gas from the regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO) which is used for incinerating VOC gases. The high-temperature exhaust gas is employed to resuperheat the steam injected into the gasturbine. The steam-injection temperature raised in this way increases the heat input, resulting in the improved efficiency of the gas-turbine. Based on the actual operation of the system, we obtained the following results: - Operation with the steam-injection temperature at 300 °C (45 °C resuperheated from 255 °C) increased the efficiency of the gasturbine by 0.7%. - The system can enhance the efficiency by 1.3% when the steam-injection temperature is elevated to 340 °C (85 °C resuperheated). In this case, up to 6.6 million yen of the total energy cost and 400 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions can be reduced annually. - A gas-turbine cogeneration and RTO system can reduce energy consumption by 23% and CO2 emission by 30.1% at the plant.

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  • Bannai, Masaaki & Houkabe, Akira & Furukawa, Masahiko & Kashiwagi, Takao & Akisawa, Atsushi & Yoshida, Takuya & Yamada, Hiroyuki, 2006. "Development of efficiency-enhanced cogeneration system utilizing high-temperature exhaust-gas from a regenerative thermal oxidizer for waste volatile-organic-compound gases," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 83(9), pages 929-942, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:83:y:2006:i:9:p:929-942
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