Selected Papers from PRES 2018 The 21st Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: air liquefaction; anaerobic digestion; bio-adsorbents; biomass; biomass co-firing; biomass quality; biowaste; bog peat; boiler; chitosan microbeads; co-firing; co-generation; combustion; combustion particles; computational fluid dynamics; convection section; cooling system; cryogenic energy storage; data envelopment analysis; data farming; DC electric field; design procedure; dimple; direct heat integration; district heating; dual-turbine; economic analysis; energy conservation; energy demand; energy efficiency; energy-saving technologies; environmental impacts; exergoeconomic analysis; exergy analysis; fine particles; finite element analysis; flexible control technology; flexible operation; flow boiling; flow distribution; flow pattern; food loss and waste; fuzzy optimization; gasification; goal programming; heat accumulation; heat exchanger; heat exchanger network; heat exchanger network (HEN); heat flux distribution; heat recovery loop (HRL); heat storage; heat transfer; heat transfer coefficient; impinging jet; indirect heat integration; interpass time; Julia language; latent heat thermal energy storage; life cycle assessment; machine learning; mathematical optimization; maximum operating time; micro-hydropower plant; minimum number of solar collectors; mixed integer nonlinear programming; mixed-integer linear programming; Modelica language; Monte Carlo (MC) simulation; multi-objective; multi-periodic model; nanoparticles; network optimization; network science; nucleation; numerical model; Nusselt number; off-grid polygeneration; operability; optimization; P-Graph framework; particle growth; particulate matter; passive cooling; pellets; phase change materials; pinch analysis; pipe; piping; preheat temperature; process integration; process network synthesis; pumping; radiant section; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; renewable energy sources; Research and information: general; sensor and actuator placement; simplified methods; smart city; softwood; solar collector network; specific energy consumption; storage system; structural controllability; structural observability; surface-enhanced tube; sustainability; synthesis; T-joint fillet weld; temperature contour; thermal decomposition; total site heat integration; total solid particle; trigeneration system; trigeneration system cascade analysis; waste collection; water desalination; water shortage; water supply; welding deflection; welding residual stress; wheat straw

The depletion of natural energy resources provides evidential adverse impacts on world economy functionality. The strong requirement of a sustainable energy supply has escalated intensive research and the discovery of cleaner energy sources, as well as efficient energy management practices. In the c...