New industrial heat pump applications to a synthetic rubber production, Louisville, Kentucky
The site selected for this study is the American Synthetic Rubber Corporation's polybutadiene plant in Louisville, Kentucky. The objective of this study is to further identify the energy savings potential through advanced heat pumps and other energy conservation methods developed in the context of pinch technology. The process studied involves a solution polymerization of butadiene monomer in the presence of toluene, which acts as a solvent. The results indicate that there is an excellent prospect for heat integration and heat pump application. The heat integration option requires an investment of about 8900 sq. ft. in additional area, to save about one third of the present steam consumption. Two process streams were identified for potential heat pump application. One of them is the combined overhead vapor stream from the stripping section, composed of steam and toluene mixture. The other stream is the overhead vapor from the concentration section, composed mainly of toluene. Economic analysis were performed, both for closed cycle and semi open cycle heat pumps. The potential for semi-open cycle (MVR) hear pumps looks extremely good. 15 figs., 11 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Litwin Engineers and Constructors, Inc., Houston, TX (United States); TENSA Services, Houston, TX (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC07-89ID12791
- OSTI ID:
- 5497644
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ID/12791-1; ON: DE91013696
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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HEAT PUMPS
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
RUBBER INDUSTRY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
BUTADIENE
COGENERATION
COOLING
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ENERGY CONSERVATION
HEAT TRANSFER
HEAT TREATMENTS
MONOMERS
POLYMERIZATION
PROGRESS REPORT
STEAM
STEAM STRIPPING
TOLUENE
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DEUS
DIENES
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECONOMICS
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENERGY TRANSFER
HYDROCARBONS
INDUSTRY
MANAGEMENT
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
POLYENES
POWER GENERATION
PROCESSING
STEAM GENERATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WATER TREATMENT
320303* - Energy Conservation
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& Utilization- Industrial & Agricultural Processes- Equipment & Processes
320304 - Energy Conservation
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