Bridging the industrial heat divide
Between industrial heat owners and relevant solution providers While I was running a sales team for a product that recovered heat and converted it into electricity, I would get daily inquiries from…
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We are heat recovery professionals that have run thousands of heat analyses and enabled projects around the world. We started HeatCalc because we saw a lack of concise, useful information available to the public about heat recovery at different sources, available technologies, and techniques. So we decided to put useful heat…
Industrial heat: An emission free energy source
Heat is a form of energy that is all around us. There’s heat from the sun (solar thermal), and from the earth (geothermal), but for this post, I want to talk about industrial heat - heat that is a…
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Today, global industry consumes a vast amount of energy. The biggest challenge is that as much as half of it is wasted due to the inefficient and complicated recovery of low-grade energy. Heat in the…
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In this article, Matt Gutschow, co-founder of HeatCalc, provides some insights into the topic of heat exchanger fouling. What is fouling? What are the effects and what are solutions to prevent or at least control fouling in energy recovery projects using heat exchangers. Matt built his insights on the basis of hundreds of heat recovery projects in industry he has investigated over previous years.
Read Full Business PracticeHeat Recovery on the Road - Part 2 - Heat - What is it Good For
Matt Gutschow, Co-Founder of HeatCalc, writes about an opportunity for heat recovery for trucks. This is the 2nd part exploring the sources and uses of heat on a vehicle. introduction reflecting on the potential and the economics to make such a technical opportunity a viable business case.
Read Full Business PracticeWaste Heat Recovery in SME industrial processes
A comprehensive overview of waste heat recovery opportunities in industrial processes of small and medium sized enterprises (SME). Starting with different heat sources to to the specific needs of SMEs to use case and financials.
Read Full Business PracticeHeat Recovery on the Road - Part1 - Sizing Up the Opportunity
Matt Gutschow, Co-Founder of HeatCalc, writes about an opportunity for heat recovery for trucks. This is a short introduction reflecting on the potential and the economics to make such a technical opportunity a viable business case.
Read Full Business PracticeYoung Innovative Companies series: ENOGIA - small scale ORC solutions
Have you ever heard about ENOGIA? We always like to go to Hannover Messe. It is a giant fair but if you give yourself some time to walk around without fixed meeting schedule, each year you can find…
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The paper describes the technical principles behind the ORC technology based waste heat recovery solution from DeVeTec - and illustrates its promises with short case studies from glass, chemical and steel industry. The combination of electricity production from waste heat with the capability to deliver heat to different users also in complex environments with changing waste head conditions…
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