Energy Efficiency in Process Technology, 2 Vols.

A selection of papers presented. Plenary session. Introduction. Scientific Committee dinner address. The Maastricht treaty on European union: the future of Europe. Session 1: Overview of energy intensive sectors. The national energy strategy of the United States: industrial energy use [keynote lecture]. Session 2: Thermodynamic cycles. Non-conventional thermodynamic cycles for the nineties: comparisons and trends [keynote lecture]. Session 3: Drying. Modelling radiative heat transfer in industrial enclosures. Session 4: Sensors and instrumentation. Development of advanced sensors [keynote lecture]. Session 5: Separation processes. Towards the optimum energy efficient separation process [keynote lecture]. Session 6: Refrigeration and refrigerants. Replacement of R12 in refrigeration systems. Session 7: Heat exchangers. Enhancement of heat transfer. Session 8: Furnaces, kilns and ovens. Energy efficiency and pollution abatement in glass furnaces, baking ovens and cement kilns [keynote lecture]. Session 9: Combustion. Catalytic combustion: current status and implications for energy efficiency in the process industries [keynote lecture]. Session 10: Process integration. Make use of the utility systems to obtain flexible heat exchanger network satisfying the minimum energy requirement [keynote lecture]. Session 11: Dynamic simulation and batch processes. Dynamic simulation. Session 12: Efficient production and use of electricity. The increased electric power production from the thermal power stations of Greece operating with improved efficiency. Session 13: Chemical reactors. Multifunctional reactors [keynote lecture]. Session 14: New process routes. A modified caprolactam process: environmental and technical optimization of the Raschig Section. Session 15: Exergy analysis. Exergy loss: a basis for energy taxing. Index.