Nearly all types of engines, furnaces, boilers, and other combustion devices release a substantial portion of the energy they consume as heat. Whether vented through a stack or a cooling circuit, this “wasted” energy can be harnessed and put to productive use. This is commonly referred to as “Waste Heat Recovery.”
Sources of Waste Heat Include:
- Gas Turbine Exhaust
- Hot Fluids
- Excess Steam
- Furnace Flue Gas
- Kilns
- Boilers
- Incinerators
KGRA’s Time-Tested Solution
At the heart of our solution lies a power generation device based on the organic Rankine cycle. Systems using the organic Rankine cycle have been in operation for decades in geothermal and waste heat recovery facilities. In fact, the organic Rankine cycle is extremely similar to the conventional steam cycle and the entire process is analogous to traditional cogeneration. The chief difference between the two is that in an ORC, an environmentally friendly refrigerant (instead of water) with a low vapor point is used as the working fluid.
