A model of energy management analysis,case study of a sugar factory in Turkey

This study presents a case study of energy management in a sugar factory in Turkey. The main idea of the study is to analyse energy consumption, the quantity of material production, and figure out a suitable energy efficiency for the case study of a sugar factory subsequently. Firstly, a material production and energy consumption audit were performed for the sugar factory. Secondly, energy efficiency was calculated from the energy data. The SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) statistical software was used to ensure the accuracy of the data. The factory’s energy consumption was calculated as 43,590.25 toe (tons of oil equivalent) over the last year. These results were used for CUSUM (Cumulative Sum Deviation Method) graphics. This research poses the consumption of energy, cost of energy and the relationship between energy usage and material production of sugar. The unit of energy cost was 688.22 [$/toe] for the last year. This result showed that the factory decreased the unit of energy by optimisation. The results indicated that the investigated sugar factory should pay attention to the energy management issue in order to comply with the Energy Efficiency of Turkish Law and Directives.     

Thermal,electrical, mechanical and fluidity properties of polyester-reinforced concrete composites

Polyester particles in concrete are preferred because they provide thermal, chemical and water resistance. In this study, thermal conductivity, electrical resistivity, mechanical strength and water resistance properties of concretes containing polyester granules such as flame-retardant polyester, cationic dyeable polyester and polyester with a low melting point-filled concrete have been analyzed using a full factorial design via Minitab^® version 17. The effect of the most influential factors on thermal conductivity of polyester aggregate reinforced concrete composite has been determined as an interaction between the cationic dyeable and low-melt–point polyester. This mixture is suitable for production of thermal insulating concrete. Moreover, it is concluded that cationic dyeable polyester is the highest corrosion- and water-resistant product among the polyesters used in this study. The recovery rate of 33.94% in the thermal conductivity and 214.89% in the electrical resistivity of polyester-reinforced concrete composites has been obtained with a 28-day compressive strength loss of 41.94% according to the reference concrete in the full factorial design application. These results indicate that the polyester-reinforced concrete composites are quite effective in achieving thermal and corrosion resistance concrete but with noticeable compressive strength loss.     

A New Method for Siting Hazardous Units in Chemical Process Facilities Which Minimizes Risk at Least Cost: RIDIMPUS

A new method, RIsk and DIstance Minimization in Process Units Siting (RIDIMPUS), is presented with which hazardous units can be sited in a chemical process facility in a manner that the risk of accidents involving the hazardous units as also the cost of spacing the units is minimized. To achieve this, safety and cost factors were modeled using various governing parameters and then expressions were designed to integrate the safety and the economic concerns to form model equations, inequalities and disjunctions. The resulting nonlinear programming model is solvable by using algorithms and solvers on any common desktop computer, thereby providing an optimal and prompt solution.     

含钒废弃物中钒的回收研究现状及展望

金属钒具备一系列优越性质,在许多领域有着广泛的应用。综述了从含钒钢渣、提钒尾渣、失活催化剂以及钒电池失效电解液等含钒废弃物中回收钒的方法,主要阐述了各种方法的原理、优缺点及发展趋势,介绍了回收钒的新工艺并指出提钒工艺的未来发展方向。     

制备金属铪的新进展

金属铪在核能、航天以及军工领域有着得天独厚的优势,国内外对于金属铪的研究正如火如荼的进行。锆铪相伴而生,本文介绍了锆铪的火法和湿法分离,综述了金属热还原法和熔盐电脱氧法制备金属铪通过熔盐电解法、碘化精练法、电子束熔炼法精炼金属铪,就各种方法的优缺点和绿色生产的需求来看,新型熔盐电脱氧法和联合精炼法是值得发展和探究的方向。     

某铜冶炼渣选矿厂SAB流程磨机衬板与钢球优化实践*

目前大多数铜冶炼渣选矿厂采用半自磨机—球磨机流程（SAB流程）进行粉磨作业，由于铜冶炼渣硬度大、性脆、易碎难磨，磨机衬板及磨矿介质消耗较大。针对某铜冶炼渣选矿厂开展了SAB流程衬板和钢球的优化研究。结果表明：①半自磨机用压条型铬钼钢衬板替代整体式锰钢衬板，使用寿命提高106.67%；球磨机用橡胶衬板替代锰钢衬板，使用寿命提高30%以上；检修强度大幅度降低，设备运转率明显提高。②半自磨机和球磨机由添加铸造钢球变更为锻造钢球，失圆率大幅降低；半自磨机补加球球径由120 mm调整为140 mm，增强了冲击破碎效果；球磨机补加钢球球径由60 mm调整为50 mm，磨矿浓度从75%提高到80%，研磨效果得到改善。③在磨矿细度保持不变的情况下，系统台时处理能力提高15.55%，钢球消耗降低26.32%，电力单耗降低26.67%，单位磨矿成本降低29.07%。企业经济效益和社会效益得到显著提高，对同行业具有一定的参考价值。     

A novel numerical method for steady-state thermal simulation based on loop-tree and HBRWG basis functions

Abstract

This article presents a novel numerical method for steady-state thermal simulation. This method firstly solves the heat flux efficiently by applying the loop-tree basis functions. Then, the temperature is obtained by finding solutions of the gradient equation. The half boundary Rao-Wilton-Glisson (HBRWG) basis functions are employed for handling arbitrary boundary conditions. In addition, the triangulation-based interpolation technique is utilized to interpolate temperature profile with obtained results in post-processing. Three examples with mixed boundary conditions are studied to validate the accuracy of proposed method for simulating steady-state thermal problems. Numerical results show that our method has a good accuracy and is well capable of handling arbitrary boundary conditions.     

Experimental and Modeling Studies on the Chemical Vapor Infiltration with Respect to the Effects of Thermal Gradient and Other Operating Parameters

Effects of operating parameters in the thermal gradient chemical vapor infiltration of propane such as thermal gradient, diffusion, infiltrations time, and concentration of propane were studied by focusing on the visualizations of the intrinsic effects of these parameters. A uniform deposition in the preform was obtained with a gradually increasing temperature along the gas flow. The uniformity of deposition through the preform got improved with increasing deposition time. Results of numerical modeling estimated the experimental data very well when the pre-exponential factor of the overall rate of carbon deposition from propane reported by Vaidyaraman[1] was multiplied by 4. The average density of a preform increased by about 3 times from 0.38 to 1.15 g/cm3 after 60 hr deposition with a thermal gradient under the conditions of 3% propane in nitrogen and 840 to 900 ℃.     

Joining of dense Si3N4 ceramics with tape cast Lu-Al-Si-O-N interlayer

Lu-Al-Si-O-N tapes with different thickness were used to join gas pressure sintered Si₃N₄ ceramics. The microstructure of the joints and the influences of the joint thickness and joining temperature on the bonding strength of the as-joined Si₃N₄ ceramics have been investigated. The highest bonding strength about ~ 300 MPa of the joined specimens was achieved by using 450 µm interlayer at 1450 °C. The existence of Si₃N₄ nanowires was beneficial for the improvement of the bonding strength by interweaving the oxynitride glass matrix in the joint region.