The importance of control considerations for heat exchanger network synthesis: a case study



Título del documento: The importance of control considerations for heat exchanger network synthesis: a case study
Revista: Brazilian journal of chemical engineering
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000308795
ISSN: 0104-6632
Autors: 1


Institucions: 1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Quimica, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
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Període: Jun
Volum: 18
Número: 2
Paginació: 195-210
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, aplicado
Resumen en inglés Cost optimization in the synthesis decision tree often leads to a reduced degree of freedom which degrades the process’s ability to reject disturbances as a consequence of low controllability. In fact, Heat Exchanger Networks (HENs) obtained by traditional synthesis procedures that ignore controllability aspects must be evaluated in this context a posteriori. The aim of this work was to develop a procedure that includes RGA and SVD measures of controllability, which are solely based on steady state information, thereby freeing the synthesis procedure of the cumbersome dynamic analysis. When a structure is defined during a traditional HEN synthesis procedure, a degree of freedom analysis is approached as a simulation problem. Next, an optimization is performed, since new variables are usually added to increase the degree of freedom of the HEN in order to render it controllable. A key point in the proposed procedure is the inference of controllability based on the proposed controllability measures, which also provide a control scheme by pairing controlled and manipulated variables during the process design. A HEN reported in the literature is used to illustrate the proposed procedure. The steady state simulator Aspen Plus and the dynamic simulator Aspen Dynamics (Aspentech, Inc.) were employed
Disciplines Química,
Ingeniería
Paraules clau: Ingeniería de control,
Ingeniería química,
Redes de intercambio de calor,
Optimización de costos,
Control
Keyword: Chemistry,
Engineering,
Chemical engineering,
Control engineering,
Heat exchanger networks,
Cost optimization,
Control
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