Method and apparatus for heating fluids in processes related to refining and petrochemical industries using rotary generated thermal energy

A method for inputting thermal energy into a process or processes related to oil refining and/or petrochemical industries in a refining and/or petrochemical facility, the method comprises generation of a heated fluidic medium by at least one rotary apparatus integrated into the refining and/or petrochemical facility, the at least one rotary apparatus comprising:

• a casing with at least one inlet and at least one exit,
• a rotor comprising at least one row of rotor blades arranged over a circumference of a rotor hub mounted onto a rotor shaft, and
• a plurality of stationary vanes arranged into an assembly at least upstream of the at least one row of rotor blades,
• the method further comprises:
• integrating the at least one rotary apparatus into the refining and/or petrochemical facility configured to carry out heat-consuming process or processes related to refining of oil and/or producing petrochemicals at temperatures essentially equal to or exceeding about 500 degrees Celsius (° C.),
• conducting an amount of input energy into the at least one rotary apparatus integrated into the refining and/or petrochemical facility, the input energy comprises electrical energy,
• operating the at least one rotary apparatus integrated into the refining and/or petrochemical facility such, that an amount of thermal energy in imparted to a stream of fluidic medium directed along a flow path formed inside the casing between the inlet and the exit by virtue of a series of energy transformations occurring when said stream of fluidic medium passes through the stationary vanes and the at least one row of rotor blades, respectively, whereby a stream of heated fluidic medium is generated, and
• generating a heated medium outside the rotary apparatus through a process of heat transfer between the stream of heated fluidic medium generated in the rotary apparatus and a process stream bypassing the rotary apparatus.