Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39897845›Full record

ArticleHeliyon2025

Metaheuristic-based optimal energy assessment of hybrid multi-effect evaporator with synergy of solar and wind energy sources.

Smitarani Pati, Nandan Kumar Navin, Om Prakash Verma, Dwesh Kumar Singh, Tarun Kumar Sharma, Saurabh Agarwal, Santos Gracia Villar, Luis Alonso Dzul Lopez, Imran Ashraf

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Heliyon, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Smitarani PatiDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Punjab 144011, India.
Nandan Kumar NavinDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Punjab 144011, India.
Om Prakash VermaDepartment of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Punjab 144011, India.
Dwesh Kumar SinghDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Punjab 144011, India.
Tarun Kumar SharmaDepartment of CSE, Shobhit University, Gangoh, India.
Saurabh AgarwalInformation and Communication Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Korea.
Santos Gracia VillarUniversidad Europea del Atlántico, Isabel Torres 21, 39011 Santander, Spain.
Luis Alonso Dzul LopezUniversidad Europea del Atlántico, Isabel Torres 21, 39011 Santander, Spain.
Imran AshrafInformation and Communication Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Korea.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study emphasizes a multi-pronged approach to improving the energy efficiency of Multi-Effect Evaporator (MEE) in the paper industry. By incorporating traditional Energy-Saving Schemes (ESSs) and innovative renewable energy sources, the study demonstrates significant potential for reducing energy consumption and environmental impact, making it a decisive pathway for industrial sustainability. Key ESS strategies include Thermo-Vapor Compressors, Feed Preheaters, and Steam- and Feed-Split, which are employed to enhance Steam Economy (SE) to evaluate MEE efficiency. This integration results in a 67.93% enhancement in SE, reducing energy consumption significantly. Further, SE enhancement is achieved by integrating flash tanks that capture and reuse excess heat, which boosts SE by an additional 5.89%, leading to a total improvement of 73% without additional energy consumption. A significant innovation in the study is the integration of Linear Fresnel Reflectors (LFRs) based solar collectors and turbine-based wind energy sources to power the MEE and reduce reliance on conventional energy. This hybrid system decreases energy dependence by 62% for the base MEE and 34% for the hybrid MEE. The results are validated by comparing them with existing studies, confirming the effectiveness of the proposed method and offering significant energy and environment savings.

Indexed as

Energy efficiency analysisEnergy saving schemesMulti-effect evaporatorNonlinear constraint optimizationRenewable thermal assistance

Identifiers

PMID39897845
PMCPMC11783398

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.