Design of a Database of Case Studies and Technologies to Increase the Diffusion of Low-Temperature Waste Heat Recovery in the Industrial Sector

Miriam Benedetti, Daniele Dadi, Lorena Giordano, Vito Introna, Pasquale Eduardo Lapenna and Annalisa Santolamazza
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Miriam Benedetti: Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), 00123 Rome, Italy
Daniele Dadi: Department of Enterprise Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
Lorena Giordano: Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), 00123 Rome, Italy
Vito Introna: Department of Enterprise Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133 Rome, Italy
Pasquale Eduardo Lapenna: Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), 00123 Rome, Italy
Annalisa Santolamazza: DEIM School of Engineering, University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 9, 1-19

Abstract: The recovery of waste heat is a fundamental means of achieving the ambitious medium- and long-term targets set by European and international directives. Despite the large availability of waste heat, especially at low temperatures (<250 °C), the implementation rate of heat recovery interventions is still low, mainly due to non-technical barriers. To overcome this limitation, this work aims to develop two distinct databases containing waste heat recovery case studies and technologies as a novel tool to enhance knowledge transfer in the industrial sector. Through an in-depth analysis of the scientific literature, the two databases’ structures were developed, defining fields and information to collect, and then a preliminary population was performed. Both databases were validated by interacting with companies which operate in the heat recovery technology market and which are possible users of the tools. Those proposed are the first example in the literature of databases completely focused on low-temperature waste heat recovery in the industrial sector and able to provide detailed information on heat exchange and the technologies used. The tools proposed are two key elements in supporting companies in all the phases of a heat recovery intervention: from identifying waste heat to choosing the best technology to be adopted.

Keywords: waste heat recovery; low-temperature waste heat; database development; industrial sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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