(PDF) Solar-assisted hybrid oil heating system for heavy refinery
The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential use of solar energy within an oil refinery to reduce its fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential use of solar energy within an oil refinery to reduce its fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
Specific energy savings for the energy efficiency measure are provided, based on case studies of plants and references to technical literature. If available, typical payback periods are also
In this case, the high PV capacity factor in California and high cost of electricity are driving results, with PV being largely oversized despite not receiving net metering compensation at this high capacity.
The integration of renewable sources into existing industrial frameworks is becoming essential, especially for high electricity-consuming industries with continuous production, such as
For the process that can directly transform CO2/H2O to fuels, improvements in conversion rates and product selectivity are key requirements for achieving energy efficiency in the solar refinery.
“This is DEPCOM''s first significant ''behind-the-meter'' project where we designed and built a large solar complex to power a single facility, in this case an oil refinery.
In this study, renewable energy is integrated optimally into a refinery considering costs and CO2 emissions. Using Aspen HYSYS, a refinery in the Middle East was simulated to estimate the energy
To effectively address emissions reduction, it is necessary to understand the main sources of emissions in refineries. Flaring and venting during the refining process releases CO₂,
Results indicate that the associated costs of emissions reductions via several distributed clean energy technologies are competitive with other emissions reduction strategies such as energy
This paper proposes a solar-assisted method for a petrochemical refinery, considering hydrogen production deployed in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, as a case study to greenize oil refineries.
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