TY - JOUR
T1 - Exergy analysis of renewable jet fuel production through hydro-conversion of glyceride-based oil
AU - Chang, Yu Hsuan
AU - Hsu, Hsin Wei
AU - Wang, Wei Cheng
N1 - Funding Information:
This project was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan , through grant 108-2221-E-006 -220 -MY3 .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/1/5
Y1 - 2021/1/5
N2 - Hydro-processed renewable jet fuels (HRJs) have been proposed to reduce aircraft emissions. In order for HRJs to compete with petrochemical aviation fuel, it is necessary to improve their energy utilization and reduce their energy dissipation. This can reduce the energy cost for a commercial plant that hydro-processes renewable jet fuel. In this study, exergy and pinch analyses are performed to demonstrate the actual recycling heat flow and optimize heat integration. In addition, the maximum exergy destruction and energy recovery for each process unit are evaluated. The results show that the total exergy efficiency of all the products in the process is 92.24%; the energy of the obtained target product (i.e., HRJ) is 1101.40 MW, which accounts for 68% of the energy of all the products. After heat integration, the results indicated an energy saving of 208.8 MW and a utility energy efficiency of 81.97%. The exergy and pinch analyses reported in this paper can aid in improving the recyclability and energy saving capacity of the designed process.
AB - Hydro-processed renewable jet fuels (HRJs) have been proposed to reduce aircraft emissions. In order for HRJs to compete with petrochemical aviation fuel, it is necessary to improve their energy utilization and reduce their energy dissipation. This can reduce the energy cost for a commercial plant that hydro-processes renewable jet fuel. In this study, exergy and pinch analyses are performed to demonstrate the actual recycling heat flow and optimize heat integration. In addition, the maximum exergy destruction and energy recovery for each process unit are evaluated. The results show that the total exergy efficiency of all the products in the process is 92.24%; the energy of the obtained target product (i.e., HRJ) is 1101.40 MW, which accounts for 68% of the energy of all the products. After heat integration, the results indicated an energy saving of 208.8 MW and a utility energy efficiency of 81.97%. The exergy and pinch analyses reported in this paper can aid in improving the recyclability and energy saving capacity of the designed process.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.115934
DO - 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.115934
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85091362121
SN - 1359-4311
VL - 182
JO - Applied Thermal Engineering
JF - Applied Thermal Engineering
M1 - 115934
ER -