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good management practices alone can reduce your fuel costs
and emissions often with little or no financial investment.
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Trial
Opportunities Zerontec is seeking companies for
industrial trials of the following new furnace technologies:
Application of permeable
ceramics in gas-fired furnaces for small gas-fired heat treatment or reheating
furnaces. This technology was developed by Warwick University, Glamorgan
University, Foseco and Hotwork Combustion, with funding from the Carbon
Trust. A demonstration grant could be applied for from the Carbon Trust
- go to
Permeable Wall for further information on
this development or follow the links to the recently published papers below for
further information.
Zerontec
(working in collaboration with Glamorgan University) is seeking companies
interested in a new project to evaluate a NASA developed high emissivity ceramic
coating technology. The coating was
developed to enhance the cooling of the underside of the Space Shuttle
during re-entry by increased thermal radiation. The same material is claimed
to increase heat transfer and efficiency in furnaces with fuel savings >20%
often reported. This technology is being sold in the UK. A project is being
planned to undertake monitored trials and modelling to establish the
effectiveness of this technology. A number of host companies willing to undertake carefully
monitored trials of the coating is being sought. the coating could be
applied to the furnace walls, to radiant elements or tubes, or to load
surfaces (tubes, muffles, hoods etc).
Specialist
Services Zerontec can provide expert specialist
analysis and support for processes and the built environment:
Furnace design and
thermal performance modelling
(ZONE modelling)
Zerontec can provide
bespoke models or simulation studies of your furnace or process. This
service can help identify
and evaluate fuel saving opportunities. Models range from simple
well-stirred zone models to complex 3-D models. Both steady-state and
transient processes can be modelled. Models can be delivered for installatio on a laptop or
desktop PC (no elaborate hardware is required).
Low NOx combustion technology
Solutions to NOX emission
problems including FGR, reburn, staged combustion and flameless combustion firing.
Heat exchanger design
Simulation and prediction of
performance of different heat exchanger configurations - both high
temperature and low temperature (condensing) applications.
Heat pumps and advanced
cooling cycles for buildings
Prediction of seasonal performance of
heat pumps. Novel technologies e.g. Gas engine HP, Ground coupled HP,
Adsorption cycles
R&D project management
Proposal preparation. Project planning
and management. Investment analysis. Report preparation.
In
association with BIFCA
- National Metal-forming Centre, West Bromwich, England, UK, Birmingham:
Energy Management (1-day course), 25th November 2008
Energy Efficient Design and
Operation of
Industrial Furnaces,18 &
19 November 2008
Improving Furnace Operation
and Design through the use of
Thermal Modelling, 20 November 2008
For further details
on these courses contact BIFCA at:
www.bifca.org.uk
In
association with Cenertec, Portugal:
Improving Furnace Operation
and Design through the use of
Thermal Modelling, 12th
February 2009
Energy Efficient Design and
Operation of
Industrial Furnaces,10 &
11 February 2009
For further details
on these courses contact BIFCA at:
www.cenertec.pt
Recently
published papers (papers on request to info@zerontec.com ):
Flue Gas Sorption Heat Recovery - experimental
test and modelling results, P.S.Doherty, N.Srivastava, S.B.Riffat,
R.Tucker, Journal of Energy Institute, 2006, Vol79, No 1, pp
THE USE OF PERMEABLE
REFRACTORY LININGS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF THE THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF A HIGH
TEMPERATURE FURNACE,
John Ward, Robert J Tucker, Sara A C Correiaand Jeff Rhine, Journal of Energy Institute,
Vol. 78(1), pp. 11-17, 2005.
The use of permeable ceramic
panels to improve the performance of a high temperature furnace fired by a
recuperative burner,Proc. 7th European Conference on
Industrial Furnaces and Boilers, Oporto, Portugal, April 2006
The performance of air source heat pumps in
current and future offices,D.Jenkins, R.Tucker et al., Energy and Buildings, 40(2008), 1901-1910.
Development and
experimental testing of a porous ceramic wall to improve the thermal performance
of steel billet reheating furnaces,
R.J.Tucker. J.Ward et al.,
Journal of Energy Institute,
Vol. 81(3), pp. 135-142, 2008.
Zerontec Energy Consultancy Ltd
offers
leading edge and independent energy technology advice and
analysis on low carbon energy solutions
for your building, business or process.
