US Department of Energy Waste Heat Utilization Project for the Paducah, Kentucky Uranium Enrichment Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Final Report, 29 September 1978, Volume I

摘要

Concepts which would make optimum use of the process heat currently being wasted at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (GDP) were studied. The results show that a waste heat complex could be developed which would take the 150 exp 0 F GDP cooling water and through enhancement techniques produce 300 to 350 exp 0 F thermal energy for industrial processes at an amortized system cost of $1.95/10 exp 6 BTU. An optimum complex of industrial users of this enhanced waste heat would consist of a power plant, an alkali/chlorine plant, a pulp/paper plant, a soybean oil mill, and a wet corn milling plant, all operating in a co-generation configuration. Such a complex would result in the effective use of 8.6% of the Gaseous Diffusion Plant waste heat, or a saving of 1.25 x 10 exp 6 barrels/year oil equivalent. This report defines the GDP/waste heat complex interface characteristics, presents parametrics for the waste heat utilization methods of power generation and heat pumping, evaluates the energy use characteristics of many candidate industrial processes, and matches the enhancement methods with industrial end-users. Preliminary energy costs and candidate end-users were developed in order to reduce the scope of waste heat alternatives. Social, political, and economic factors germane to the Paducah area were evaluated. The preliminary results were refined to give detailed characteristics of the enhancement equipment waste heat marketing, production and use, and an evaluation of the socio/political/economic factors associated with the development of the proposed waste heat complex. The technical and economic viability of such a waste heat complex and shows that an enhanced temperature industrial complex with its attendant savings of 1.25 x 10 exp 6 barrels/year oil equivalent could be established adjacent to the Paducah GDP facility with a very positive impact upon the quality of life for the citizens of this area. (ERA citation 05:027361)