Steel mill ORC turns waste gas into electricity

Journal Article · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984 · Energy Manage. Tech.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6326166

This article discusses the installation of a 14 MW ORC waste heat recovery plant at the Kimitsu Works of Nippon Steel Corporation. The recovery plant is composed of six basic components: a boiler, turbine, electric generator, condenser, condensate pump, and feed pump. The article describes operation of the plant in detail. According to figures released by the company, the total cost of operating the ORC on the steel mill's sintering unit is approximately 8.88 yen per HWH of electricity generated. The figure includes depreciation on the ORC, replacement parts, cost of cooling water for the exhaust gas, interest, tax, and insurance as well as cost for labor, and is computed on a rate of 230 yen to the dollar.

• Research Organization: Nippon Steel and Halocarbon Products Inc., Hackensack, NJ
• OSTI ID: 6326166
• Journal Information: Energy Manage. Tech.; (United States), Vol. 8:4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
GASEOUS WASTES
HEAT RECOVERY
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
HEAT RECOVERY EQUIPMENT
WASTE HEAT BOILERS
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
ELECTRIC GENERATORS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
FUEL ECONOMY
GAS TURBINES
METAL INDUSTRY
POWER GENERATION
POWER RANGE 10-100 MW
PUMPS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
BOILERS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
EFFICIENCY
ENERGY RECOVERY
EQUIPMENT
INDUSTRY
MACHINERY
POWER PLANTS
RECOVERY
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WASTES
320304* - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Industrial & Agricultural Processes- Waste Heat Recovery & Utilization