Journal of Green Energy Research and Innovation
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Power Generation from Exhaust Flue Gas of Carbon Black Production, Case Study: Sanati DodehFam Company

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Document Type : Research article

Authors

seyed alireza mostafavi
seyed Mohammad Moosavinia

arak university

10.61186/jgeri.2026.2076440.1085
Abstract
Almost 95% of over 15 million tons of world carbon black production is manufactured by furnace black process method which provides an efficiency of about 40%. The highest usage of carbon black, following the rubber industry which accounts for 68% of global consumption, is in the automotive rubber parts manufacturing, mastics, inks, and paint industries. In order to save energy, reduce environmental pollutions, and improve overall efficiency, tail gas from the production process is usually utilize to generate electricity and steam; by which, approximately, a 7% increase in efficiency would be achievable. In this study, the potential for generating electricity from the exhaust fumes of the carbon black production process at Sadaf Company in Iran, one of the country's largest carbon black production plants, was analyzed both technically and economically. The heat value of exhaust fumes from the production process was measured to assess its electricity generation potential. By injecting a precise volume of the outlet gas into a chromatograph device, the molar percentage of the gas components was determined to calculate the heating value, Subsequently, considering a steam cycle as a method of waste heat recovery, 17.4 MW of power generation capacity can be available.

Keywords

Carbon black
Furnace black
Calorific value
Efficiency
Power plant
Journal of Green Energy Research and Innovation

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 07 February 2026

  • Receive Date 01 November 2025
  • Revise Date 31 January 2026
  • Accept Date 07 February 2026
  • Publish Date 07 February 2026

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