Abstract
A large amount of low level thermal energy is lost to air or water in a typical petroleum refinery. This paper discusses a complex integrated low level heat recovery system that is being engineered for installation in a large petroleum refinery. The system will recover during normal operations 106 million BTU's per hour of thermal energy presently being lost to water. Sixty two percent of the energy recovered is from heat sources having a temperature of less than 375o F. The recovered energy will be utilized directly to reboil three light hydrocarbon fractionators.
Sierra, A. V., Jr. (1981). An Integrated Low Level Heat Recovery System. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu). Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /94469.