# Energy-intensive industry and Heat exchangers and pinch integration

Energy flows from energy-intensive industry to heat exchangers and pinch integration; energy flows from heat exchangers and pinch integration to energy-intensive industry.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/energy-intensive-industry-and-heat-exchangers-and-pinch-integration/

[Energy-intensive industry](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_heavy_industry/) (energy) and [Heat exchangers and pinch integration](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_heat_exchangers/) (energy): 2 relationships.

## How they are linked

### 1. Energy flow

*Physical flow · Direct · Energy-intensive industry → Heat exchangers and pinch integration*

Pinch integration lets process streams share heat.

### 2. Energy flow

*Physical flow · 99% of flow · Heat exchangers and pinch integration → Energy-intensive industry*

Exchanged heat preheats feedstocks and process streams.

- **99%** of Heat exchangers and pinch integration's energy goes this way

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.