Comparison Based on Energy and Exergy Analyses of a Selected Cement Manufacturing Plant in Nigeria
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSR-JMCE) - Year 2019, Vol 16, Issue 1
Abstract
Several studies were already carried out on the efficient use of energy in the past but little was done so far on the comparative study of energy and exergy for some manufacturing processes.To this effect, in this study, the compilation and analysis of data collected from a cement manufacturing plant in the North-Central region of Nigeriafor a period spanned from 2010 to 2014were conducted in order to study the variations of energetic and exergetic efficiencies in each unit of theproduction line of the plant. Consequently, the study revealedthat the overall energetic and exergetic efficiencies were estimatedat 56.5% and 42.2% respectively.The discrepancy of which was due to the fact that the exergy analysis efficientlyidentifiedvarious losses due to the irreversiblities in the thermodynamic system of the plant. This however, provided useful information on the degradation of the input energy associated with internal consumptions and emitted gases.
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A. Folorunso, C. J Diji
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