Industrial Combustion Processes | Industrial Furnaces

Industrial Furnaces and Processes

Under the industrial furnace and processes initiative, CanmetENERGY is focused on 2 identified pathways for attaining greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions within the industrial sector:

Efficiency Improvement

At CanmetENERGY, we work in partnership with industry to improve the efficiency of their processes. In order to attain efficiency improvements, we develop programs that address the following on a site-by-site basis:

  1. Process analysis
    • Field tests
    • Simulation
    • Heat and mass balances
    • Efficiency and losse  
  2. Identification of waste streams
    • Type
    • Magnitude
    • Quality  
  3. Identification of optimization opportunities
    • Minimization of waste streams
    • Integration of waste streams into process
      • Air preheat
      • Economizers
      • Recycle
    • Stream use in other adjacent areas
      • Drying
      • District heat
      • Refrigeration
    • Power generation from the stream
      • Steam cycles
      • Organic Rankine cycles (ORCs)
      • Turbines and compressors  
  4. Determination of option feasibility
    • Technical
    • Economical