Industrial Waste Heat Recovery - Potential Applications, Available Technologies and Crosscutting R&D Opportunities

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1185778· OSTI ID:1185778

Thekdi, Arvind ^[1]; Nimbalkar, Sachin U. ^[2]

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1. E3M Inc, North Potomac, MD (United States)
2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

The purpose of this report was to explore key areas and characteristics of industrial waste heat and its generation, barriers to waste heat recovery and use, and potential research and development (R&D) opportunities. The report also provides an overview of technologies and systems currently available for waste heat recovery and discusses the issues or barriers for each. Also included is information on emerging technologies under development or at various stages of demonstrations, and R&D opportunities cross-walked by various temperature ranges, technology areas, and energy-intensive process industries.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1185778
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-2014/622; ED2701000; CEED063
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

Waste Heat Recovery
Waste Heat Management
Energy Efficiency