Journal
JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC MATERIALS
Volume 44, Issue 6, Pages 1750-1762Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11664-014-3543-1
Keywords
Thermoelectric; rotary kiln; waste heat recovery; energy saving; mathematical model
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51272198]
- National High-tech R&D Program of China (863 program) [2012AA051104]
- International S&T Cooperation Program of China [2014DFA63070]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (WUT) [2014-VII-009, 2014-zy-063]
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Portland cement is produced by one of the most energy-intensive industrial processes. Energy consumption in the manufacture of Portland cement is approximately 110-120 kWh ton(-1). The cement rotary kiln is the crucial equipment used for cement production. Approximately 10-15% of the energy consumed in production of the cement clinker is directly dissipated into the atmosphere through the external surface of the rotary kiln. Innovative technology for energy conservation is urgently needed by the cement industry. In this paper we propose a novel thermoelectric waste-heat-recovery system to reduce heat losses from cement rotary kilns. This system is configured as an array of thermoelectric generation units arranged longitudinally on a secondary shell coaxial with the rotary kiln. A mathematical model was developed for estimation of the performance of waste heat recovery. Discussions mainly focus on electricity generation and energy saving, taking a I broken vertical bar 4.8 x 72 m cement rotary kiln as an example. Results show that the Bi2Te3-PbTe hybrid thermoelectric waste-heat-recovery system can generate approximately 211 kW electrical power while saving 3283 kW energy. Compared with the kiln without the thermoelectric recovery system, the kiln with the system can recover more than 32.85% of the energy that used to be lost as waste heat through the kiln surface.
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