Pinch analysis of evaporation systems



Título del documento: Pinch analysis of evaporation systems
Revista: Brazilian journal of chemical engineering
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000308686
ISSN: 0104-6632
Autores: 1
2
Instituciones: 1Instituto Maua de Tecnologia, Escola de Engenharia Maua, Sao Caetano do Sul, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Quimica, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Dic
Volumen: 17
Número: 4-7
Paginación: 525-538
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Experimental, aplicado
Resumen en inglés Evaporation systems are separation processes widely used in chemical industries. Some guidelines can be found in the literature for the process integration of multiple effect evaporators. In the published methodologies some aspects are neglected as boiling point rise, effect of pressure on latent heat of water, sensible heat of liquid streams, heat of mixing, effects configuration and inclusion of accessories. In this work, a new graphical representation for the integration of multiple effect evaporators was developed, using rigorous physical properties. From this representation, an algorithm for optimization of bleed streams was conceived using the concepts of Pinch Analysis. As a case study, a crystal glucose plant was optimized using this new methodology. The optimization of bleed streams showed as result a steam consumption 16% smaller than a similar previous study. From energy and capital costs, it is shown that the integrated evaporator exhibits a total cost 14% smaller than the non-integrated configuration
Disciplinas: Química
Palabras clave: Ingeniería química,
Sistemas de evaporación,
Optimización,
Análisis Pinch
Keyword: Chemistry,
Chemical engineering,
Evaporation systems,
Optimization,
Pinch analysis
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