Papers published in Waste and Resource Management are eligible for awards from the Institution of Civil Engineers. Papers from any of the ICE journals can be nominated for several awards. In addition, each journal has awards dedicated to their specific subject area.
On Friday 14 October 2022, ICE president Ed McCann presented an award to the following paper published in Waste and Resource Management in 2021. The editorial panel nominated their best papers and an awards committee chaired by Tim Broyd allocated the awards.
Thomas Telford Premium Prize
The Thomas Telford Premium Prize, presented for the best paper published in Waste and Resource Management, was awarded to Giles et al. (2021).
Abstract
Steelmaking is energy intensive, with manufacturing facilities representing some of the biggest point-source carbon dioxide (CO2) emitters in the UK. Efficiency improvements are essential with rising energy costs, driving significant investment from the UK iron and steel sector. However, the industry still finds it difficult to justify waste heat recovery (WHR) projects, as individual schemes incorporating waste heat capture and an end-use for the waste heat often incur high capital costs, resulting in long payback times. This paper describes the conceptual and numerical development of a strategy for the deployment of WHR using a large integrated steel works as a case study. An existing asset was utilised to link individual waste heat schemes together with a single end-user; thereby reducing the capital requirement for each subsequent project. The proposed strategy and its development is discussed, followed by the resultant carbon dioxide and energy savings (estimated to be 2.3 Mt and equivalent to £45 million), over the 6-year period since its implementation.
