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Map heat-recovery opportunities

Model two wash-line heat-recovery options using four weeks of operating data and a transparent energy balance.

Loopfield Process

Dubai, United Arab Emirates Remote

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The brief

The work and the intended result

Our wash line heats incoming water while a separate stream leaves the process warm. We want to understand whether their timing and temperature levels make heat recovery worth investigating. The package covers a data-quality review, one baseline balance and two exchanger arrangements under three operating schedules. Include two review meetings. Equipment procurement, detailed exchanger design and guaranteed savings are outside scope; measurement gaps must remain visible in the conclusion.

Duration
3 weeks
Commitment
Approx. 42 hours total
Location
Remote

What you’ll deliver

  • An input register and energy balance with consistent units and source references
  • A comparison of two recovery arrangements across three operating schedules
  • Sensitivity cases for flow rate, operating hours and fouling allowance
  • An editable calculation workbook and a concise measurement-first recommendation

Expertise needed

  • Experience with batch-process energy balances and heat integration
  • Able to reconcile daily totals with intermittent operating profiles
  • Calculations that a process engineer can inspect without specialist software
  • Heat integration
  • Energy modelling
  • Mass balance
  • Process design

A running start

What’s already in place

  • Four weeks of flow, temperature and shift records
  • A simplified process flow diagram and equipment datasheets
  • Utility price assumptions and a process owner for clarification

Project milestones

To shape together
  1. 01

    Reconcile the baseline

    Check timestamps and units, close the energy balance as far as the inputs allow and record remaining uncertainty.

  2. 02

    Compare the recovery options

    Model both arrangements for each schedule and show how the result changes with the three sensitivity inputs.

  3. 03

    Agree the next measurement

    Review the workbook and prioritise the information needed before a detailed equipment study.

To agree before starting

A shared definition of done

Confirm the deliverables, review checks and response window together so everyone knows what a successful handover looks like.

Suggested acceptance criteria

  • Every agreed deliverable is included in the handover, in the agreed file formats.
  • Assumptions, limitations and open questions are documented alongside the work.
  • The project owner reviews the work against the brief and returns one consolidated feedback list before approval.

When the scope changes

Record the requested change, its reason and its effect on deliverables, budget and timing. Both parties agree the revised scope in writing before the additional work begins.