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Clean Air: International Journal on Energy for a Clean Environment

ISSN for PRINT: 1561-4417

Institutional price:	$451.00
Issues per year:	4

Best Paper Award Selection - Editorial Board Site

2004, Volume5

165 pages

DOI: 10.1615/InterJEnerCleanEnv.v5.i3

Issue price - $108.00

OPTIMIZING CERAMIC KILN OPERATION UTILIZING INDUSTRIAL GAS TURBINE EXHAUST GASES

L. M. Fletcher
Energy and Resources Research Institute / Centre for Computational Fluid Dynamics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK

D. K. Iatridis
Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute (CPERI), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), 6th km Charilaou-Thermi, P.O.Box 361, 570 01 Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece

A. N. Katsanevakis
ENERVAC FLUTEC Ltd., P.O.Box 60650, GR 570 01 Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece

A. A. Lappas
Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute (CPERI), Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) 6th km Charilaou-Thermi, P.O.Box 361, 570 01 Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece

O. Monachos
ESTIA Consulting S.A., P.O.Box 60649, GR 570 01 Thermi, Thessaloniki, Greece

M. Pourkashanian
Department of Fuel and Energy, Energy and Resources Research Institute / Centre for Computational Fluid Dynamics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK

A. Williams
Department of Fuel and Energy, Energy and Resources Research Institute / Centre for Computational Fluid Dynamics, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK

ABSTRACT

A novel approach regarding the integration of co-generation of heat and power within the ceramics industry, where high-temperature heating is employed in the operation of heavy-clay and tile kilns, has been examined. To evaluate this approach, a theoretical, computational, and experimental investigation was conducted on the re-use of low O₂ content exhaust gases, generated from industrial gas turbine CHP sets, as an oxidizer for the firing of material inside industrial kilns. The kilns house an array of burners, designed to operate with simulated gas turbine exhaust oxidizer gases, while enhancing flame stability and reducing NO_x formation. The combined results were interpreted in terms of future design requirements for burners and ceramic industry processes employed in this type of work.