Renewable and Waste-Heat Utilisation Technologies

Nareshkumar B. Handagama is a chemical engineer with more than thirty-five years of research & development and industrial experience in some of the world's largest public and private utilities, chemical, and petrochemical companies. Currently, he is the Chief Operating Officer at Sri Lanka Nano and Advanced Technology Centre (SLINTEC). He is a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in the USA, and a Charted Engineer in the UK, Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (FAIChE) and a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineering (FIChemE. London, UK). Martin T. White is a Lecturer in Thermal Power and a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow (2019–2024) within the Thermo-Fluids Research Centre at City, University of London. Paul Sapin is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate and Leader of the Energy Division in the Clean Energy Processes (CEP) Laboratory at Imperial College London. Christos N. Markides is Professor of Clean Energy Technologies at Imperial College London where he leads the Clean Energy Processes (CEP) Laboratory and coordinates the Experimental Multiphase Flow (EMF) Laboratory. He is also a Co-Founder and Director of recent spin-out company Solar Flow.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Heat-recovery fundamentals; 3. Heat conversion and upgrading technologies; 4. Technology-agnostic modelling; 5. Rankine cycles; 6. Heat pumps and chillers; 7. Application of heat conversion and upgrading technologies; 8. Thermal energy storage; Appendix A. Commercial systems.

'… a good review of waste-heat recovery technology, including the conversion of waste heat into electricity and heat recirculation into the production process. … scholars pursuing research in areas related to conventional and renewable heat-loss recovery will find it a good resource. … Recommended.' R. N. Laoulache, Choice