Dr. Bao completed her PhD in 2011 at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Material Science. Since then, she has worked as a researcher at SINTEF (a leading research institute in Norway), focusing on energy-intensive process industries, with expertise in aluminium, silicon, manganese, and related fields. Her research has primarily centered on production, refining, recycling processes, and sustainable thermal energy.
The European process industries play a pivotal role in achieving the climate neutrality targets set for 2050. Currently, industrial processes account for 20% of total greenhouse gas emissions in Europe and 25% of Final Energy Consumption (FEC).
This presentation highlights StreamSTEP’s approach to adopting advanced solutions, encompassing both technologies and practices, to promote sustainable heating energy in energy-intensive industries.
StreamSTEP aims to drive substantial improvements in the management of heating energy within industrial processes. It will focus on processes that generate waste heat across a wide temperature range, from 135°C to over 1400°C, by deploying five innovative heat exchanger prototypes designed for challenging applications and offering flexible operation across multiple heat sinks. Heat recovery will be enhanced using high-temperature heat pumps, achieving outlet temperatures of 150°C and 215°C. Performance will be further optimized through ejector technology, enabling dynamic operation across a range of required temperatures.