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CPOTE2022
7th International Conference on
Contemporary Problems of Thermal Engineering
Hybrid event, Warsaw | 20-23 September 2022

Abstract CPOTE2022-1172-A

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Assessment of a potential of internal heat recuperation from industrial crops of sprouts

Marcin PANOWSKI, Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland
Klaudia ZOLIŃSKA, Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland
Dariusz WAWRZYŃCZAK, Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland
Michał STANEK, Uniflora sp. z o.o., Poland
Tomasz BĄKOWSKI, n/a, Poland

Increasing energy efficiency is one method of lowering primary energy consumption, reducing greenhouse gases emissions and decelerating climate changes. It can be achieved, among the other, by reusing the waste energy generated in each production process. In the industrial cultivation of vegetable sprouts for food production purposes, significant amounts of heat are released by the metabolic processes inside the seeds. In traditional installations, this energy is released to the environment and irreversibly lost, while it could be reused i.e. for heating water used for watering plants. This paper presents the results of experimental and modelling research to determine the feasibility of implementing internal low-temperature waste heat recovery in Mung bean sprout production using a plate heat exchanger. Based on experimental results on an industrial vegetable sprout cultivation plant, the total amount of heat generated during a complete sprout growth cycle was estimate to be 5,15 GJ. To identify the potential energy that could be recover for the internal needs of this plant, the numerical modelling was applied using FlownexSE simulation software. The full simulation model of installation for sprouts cultivation was elaborated, and nonstationary numerical calculations of a whole sprouts growth cycle were performed. The calculations showed that the recoverable thermal power could reach a maximum value of approximately 800 kW, and almost all waste heat may be recovered.

Keywords: Heat recuperation, Waste heat recovery, Energy efficiency, Germination, Energy use und consumption
Acknowledgment: The research presented in this paper was financially supported by National Centre for Research and Development under the projects POIR.01.01.01-00-0759/17 and POIR.01.01.01-00-0058/19, as well as by Polish Ministry for Education and Science under statute subvention for Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment