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in: Advances in Sustainable Energy Technologies: Optimization and Renewable Energy Applications, Doç. Dr. Doğan Çelik, Editor, Bidge Yayınları, Ankara, pp.63-99, 2024
The continuous rise in energy consumption on a global scale
has fueled the development of solutions to mitigate the negative
impacts of industrial and residential energy use. The industrial sector
is one of the largest consumers of energy; increasing efficiency and
reducing the losses in manufacturing processes can subsequently
decrease this consumption of energy in industrial operations. The
substitution and optimization of steam-based systems have the
potential to improve the overall efficiency of a plant. Steam
optimization involves the elimination of non-useful steam via steam
bypass systems in power plants. Various bypass scenarios calculate
the steam consumption through the previous development of mass
and heat balance in a process consisting of steam turbines,
regenerative and saturated steam loops, or once-through boilers used
Lecturer Dr.Soner Enekçi , Kocaeli University , Nuh Çimento Vocational School
Kartepe/Kocaeli , ORCID: 0000-0001-7344-7186 , soner.enekci@kocaeli.edu.tr
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for steam generation (Samnioti & Gaganis, 2023; Manesh et al.,
2020; Alkemade et al., 2023)
Figure 1: Steam line General drawing
Low mass flow rates of steam lead to significant entropy
imbalances arising in adjacent equipment and process pipelines.
Thus, a secure and common solution is applied to preheat the steam
working fluid or preheat process streams. Energy considerations are
essential for improving the efficiency of energy systems, with a
significant link between environmental protection and economics in
several configurations. Advanced valve solutions improve the
operability of the current systems, leading to the achievement of a
high degree of flexibility and substantial energy savings. This is an
increasingly attractive plant modernization choice because it does
not require significant investments in legislative research or new
equipment. In the case study, the contribution of the globe and
control valve optimization was presented (Padovani et al., 2024;
Serrano et al., 2020).