Process Heat Calculators

Detailed Description

The Process Heat Calculators module provides a suite of tools for evaluating energy flows, heat recovery opportunities, and process optimization in furnaces, kilns, ovens, and other process heating equipment. These calculators focus on modeling phenomena such as flue gas heat recovery, cascade heat exchange, and energy savings from process integration. Each calculator implements industry-standard algorithms and provides detailed documentation of formulas, units, and symbol definitions for transparency and reproducibility. Calculators specifically for heat losses are documented separately in the Heat Loss Calculators section.

Modules
	Air Heating Using Exhaust Calculator
	Calculates energy savings from using exhaust gas (waste heat) to preheat combustion air for process heating systems.
	Cascade Heat High-to-Low Calculator
	Calculates energy and cost savings from cascading heat from a high-temperature process to a low-temperature process.
	Energy Equivalency Calculator
	Calculates equivalent heat input for electrical and fuel-fired furnaces.
	Flow Calculations Energy Use Calculator
	Calculates flow rate and heat input of a fuel-fired furnace using orifice flow measurement.
	O2 Enrichment Calculator
	Calculates fuel consumption and savings from oxygen enrichment in fuel-fired furnaces.
	Process Heat Utilities
	Common utility functions for process heating calculations.
	Water Heating Using Exhaust Calculator
	Calculates energy savings from using exhaust gas (waste heat) to provide energy for an absorption chiller in place of a compressor.