Ideal‐Typical Utility Infrastructure at Chemical Sites – Definition, Operation and Defossilization
Thomas Bauer, Marco Prenzel, Freerk Klasing, Rüdiger Franck, Julian Lützow, Karen Perrey, R. Faatz, Juliane Trautmann, Andreas Reimer, Stefan Kirschbaum
Abstract
Abstract The defossilization of the electricity and heat supply in the chemical industry poses a significant challenge. In particular, the intended feed‐in of volatile renewable electricity into the chemical processes may conflict with the need for a constant, secure and affordable electricity and heat supply for chemical plants. Adapted concepts for the operation of the cogeneration plant, which is located at the chemical site, play a central role. The present work defines a so‐called ideal‐typical utility infrastructure (iUI). The iUI is a means to exemplarily investigate the operational behavior of utility infrastructures and furthermore to identify defossilization options for process steam and electricity supply at chemical sites.