A problem when exploiting renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar radiation, is their fluctuating availability. In the presented work, the Heat Integration methodology for batch processes based on Time Slices has been extended to cover the integration of solar thermal energy, thus...

The paper deals with an extension of Total Site Integration to Locally Integrated Energy Sectors producing more realistic utility and heat recovery targets. Process Heat Integration (based on Pinch Analysis) aims to minimise the amount of energy mostly used in industrial processes. It is still...