Advances in process integration, energy saving and emissions reduction

Applied thermal engineering solutions through process integration, modelling and optimisation

“…This Special Issue (SI) has been already the 15th SI of Applied Thermal Engineering, dedicated to selected contributions from PRES conferences starting from PRES'99 in 2000 [2]. It has been followed by SI of PRES 2000 [3], PRES'01 [4], PRES 2002 [5], PRES'03 [6], PRES 2004 [7], PRES'05 [8], PRES 2006 [9], PRES'07 [10], PRES 2008 [11], PRES'09 [12], PRES 2010 [13], PRES'11 [14], PRES 2012 [15], PRES 2013 [16]. In addition to Applied Thermal Engineering, other well-known journals have been collaborating with PRES and related conferences: Energy -PRES 2010 [17], PRES 2012 [18] and PRES 2013 [19], Journal of Cleaner Production -PRES'11 [20], Cleaner Technologies and Environmental Policy -PRES 2010 [21], PRES'11 [22], PRES 2012 [23], and PRES 2013 [24], Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering [25], Heat Transfer Engineering -PRES 2008 [26], Resources, Conservation and Recycling -PRES 2008 [27] and Waste Management -PRES'99 [28].…”

Assessment of chemical absorption/adsorption for post-combustion CO2 capture from Natural Gas Combined Cycle (NGCC) power plants

“…Considering the important high temperature heat recovery potential from calcium looping cycle, the heat integration is of particular importance [23][24]. For MDEA-based case, the available heat is at significantly lower temperature (below 100 o C) than for CaL case.…”

Decarbonised coal energy system advancement through CO2 utilisation and polygeneration

“…The efficiency reduces to 31-33.6% due to CCS (NETL 2010). It is thus highly imperative to initiate the research activities within the scope of decarbonised polygeneration from fossil fuels as well as system enhancement through process integration (Klemeš et al 2007;Bulatov and Klemeš 2009;Hetland 2009;Klemeš and Friedler 2010;Adams and Barton 2011).…”