Optimal retrofit design and operation of the steam-supply system of a chemical complex

It is inordinately difficult to optimise the steam-supply system of a chemical complex under the condition that the production capacities of a multitude of products vary temporarily. Any of the available general-purpose methods for optimal design and operation hardly suffices for this purpose; there...

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Published in:Applied thermal engineering 2002-06, Vol.22 (8), p.939-947
Main Authors: Halasz, L., Nagy, A.B., Ivicz, T., Friedler, F., Fan, L.T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Energy
Energy utilization
Energy. Thermal use of fuels
Exact sciences and technology
Heat integration
Heat transfer
Installations for energy generation and conversion: thermal and electrical energy
Installations for industrial steam generation
Optimization
Pressure drop
Process synthesis
Steam-supply system
Thermal insulation
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Summary:It is inordinately difficult to optimise the steam-supply system of a chemical complex under the condition that the production capacities of a multitude of products vary temporarily. Any of the available general-purpose methods for optimal design and operation hardly suffices for this purpose; therefore, a specific-purpose method has been developed in the current work. The efficacy of the resultant method is illustrated by optimising the steam-supply system of an existing chemical complex. The complex consists of one power-plant; one boiler station; four production plants operated in batch; one production plant operated continuously; and one pipeline network.
ISSN:1359-4311
DOI:10.1016/S1359-4311(02)00011-X