Renewable Energy in the Process Industry

Thorough discussion on renewable energies and their implementation into the process industry, emphasizing efficiency and demand of industrial processes

Renewable Energy in the Process Industry provides an overview of the challenges associated with the generation and storage of renewable energy, moving from a broad perspective to a zoomed-in look at a variety of different industries. The introductory chapter sets the current energy scene and its use in different countries. An outline is given for the electricity mix, how power generation is controlled, and why it may lead to on-demand power reduction. This outline is followed by a discussion of the technical aspects on generating renewable energy as well as energy storage with respect to efficiencies and important factors in the decision-making process.

Renewable Energy in the Process Industry includes information on:

• Requirements for renewable energy in the process industry, such as stronger grid connections, extension of the grid together with its stability, and better communication between operators
• Possible intermittency/interruptions in the heat supply that can arise when renewable energy is used
• Electrification of the process industry to reduce emissions
• Implementation of renewable energies in a variety of different industries, ranging from steel and cement manufacturing to pharmaceuticals and wastewater treatment, with flowsheets and operating conditions

Renewable Energy in the Process Industry is a timely, forward-thinking resource for process, chemical, and pharmaceutical engineers, bioengineers, and engineers involved in power technology. 1. The energy scene
2. Generating renewable energy
3. Energy storage
4. Heating in the process industry
5. The implementation of renewable energy in various sectors
5a. Steel manufacture (and the role of carbon in steel manufacture)
5b. Cement manufacture (and methods to reduce CO2 emissions)
5c. Aluminum manufacture (as an example on how process scheduling may achieve `cheap adaptation to renewable energy)
5d. Glass manufacture (as an example of high temperature processing)
5e. Manufacture of ceramics
5f. Canning industry
5g. Industrial bakeries
5h. Pharmaceutical industry
5i. Wastewater treatment plants

Eric van Steen is the South African Research Chair in Reaction Engineering at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He has spent most of his career in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cape Town. He is a Fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the South African Institute of Chemical Engineering, and a Fellow of the University of Cape Town.