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Potential Fuel Effectiveness in Industry
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Potential Fuel Effectiveness in Industry




A technical report to the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation, evaluating the potential for greater fuel conservation in U.S. industry. The report concludes that significant savings could be realized in many industries with technology existing at the time.

Gyftopoulos, Elias P. et al.
1974
100 pages


Table Of Contents
Preface
Chapter One Introduction
Chapter Two Summary
Footnotes
Chapter Three Thermodynamic Availability Analysis
3.1 Available Useful Work—Definition
3.2 Fuel Oxidation and Heat Transfer Processes
3.3 Oxygen Separation Process
References
Chapter Four General Methods for Fuel Saving
4.1 Steam Raising
4.2 Recuperators and Regenerators
4.3 Bottoming Cycle Engine for Waste Heat Recovery
References
Chapter Five Fuel-Saving Methods in Selected Industries
5.1 Iron and Steel
5.2 Petroleum Refining
5.3 Paper and Paperboard
5.4 Aluminum
5.5 Copper
5.6 Cement
References
About The Authors
Table Of Contents
Preface
Chapter One Introduction
Chapter Two Summary
Footnotes
Chapter Three Thermodynamic Availability Analysis
3.1 Available Useful Work—Definition
3.2 Fuel Oxidation and Heat Transfer Processes
3.3 Oxygen Separation Process
References
Chapter Four General Methods for Fuel Saving
4.1 Steam Raising
4.2 Recuperators and Regenerators
4.3 Bottoming Cycle Engine for Waste Heat Recovery
References
Chapter Five Fuel-Saving Methods in Selected Industries
5.1 Iron and Steel
5.2 Petroleum Refining
5.3 Paper and Paperboard
5.4 Aluminum
5.5 Copper
5.6 Cement
References
About The Authors