Synthesis of Operable Process Intensification Systems—Steady-State Design with Safety and Operability Considerations
Abstract
In this work, we present an integrated approach to synthesize process intensification systems with guaranteed flexibility and safety performances. The synthesis of intensified equipment/flowsheets is addressed through the Generalized Modular Representation Framework (GMF), which utilizes an aggregation of multifunctional mass/heat exchange modules to represent chemical processes. Thus, the optimal design options are investigated as mass- and heat-transfer opportunities using superstructure-based optimization techniques without a prepostulation of plausible configurations. To ensure that the designs can be operated under a specified range of uncertain parameters, a multiperiod GMF representation is developed based on the critical operating conditions identified by flexibility test. Risk assessment, accounting for equipment failure frequency and consequence severity, is incorporated as a constraint into this synthesis model to derive inherently safer designs. The resulting safely operable intensified systems, which are represented via phenomenological modules, are then identified as corresponding equipment-based flowsheets and validated with steady-state simulation. We demonstrate the proposed approach through a case study for the production of methyl tert-butyl ether. Here, the results indicate that safety and operability considerations can result in significant changes in the structural and operating parameters of the optimal intensified design configuration.
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- Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- RAPID Manufacturing Institute, New York, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office. Advanced Manufacturing Office
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1642449
- Grant/Contract Number:
- EE0007888
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 58; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 0888-5885
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Physical and chemical processes; Optimization; Separation science; Distillation; Liquids
Citation Formats
Tian, Yuhe, and Pistikopoulos, Efstratios N. Synthesis of Operable Process Intensification Systems—Steady-State Design with Safety and Operability Considerations. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.iecr.8b04389.
Tian, Yuhe, & Pistikopoulos, Efstratios N. Synthesis of Operable Process Intensification Systems—Steady-State Design with Safety and Operability Considerations. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b04389
Tian, Yuhe, and Pistikopoulos, Efstratios N. Fri .
"Synthesis of Operable Process Intensification Systems—Steady-State Design with Safety and Operability Considerations". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b04389. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1642449.
@article{osti_1642449,
title = {Synthesis of Operable Process Intensification Systems—Steady-State Design with Safety and Operability Considerations},
author = {Tian, Yuhe and Pistikopoulos, Efstratios N.},
abstractNote = {In this work, we present an integrated approach to synthesize process intensification systems with guaranteed flexibility and safety performances. The synthesis of intensified equipment/flowsheets is addressed through the Generalized Modular Representation Framework (GMF), which utilizes an aggregation of multifunctional mass/heat exchange modules to represent chemical processes. Thus, the optimal design options are investigated as mass- and heat-transfer opportunities using superstructure-based optimization techniques without a prepostulation of plausible configurations. To ensure that the designs can be operated under a specified range of uncertain parameters, a multiperiod GMF representation is developed based on the critical operating conditions identified by flexibility test. Risk assessment, accounting for equipment failure frequency and consequence severity, is incorporated as a constraint into this synthesis model to derive inherently safer designs. The resulting safely operable intensified systems, which are represented via phenomenological modules, are then identified as corresponding equipment-based flowsheets and validated with steady-state simulation. We demonstrate the proposed approach through a case study for the production of methyl tert-butyl ether. Here, the results indicate that safety and operability considerations can result in significant changes in the structural and operating parameters of the optimal intensified design configuration.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.iecr.8b04389},
journal = {Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research},
number = 15,
volume = 58,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Fri Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2018}
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