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中国化学工程学报 ›› 2020, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (2): 456-465.DOI: 10.1016/j.cjche.2019.03.014

• Process Systems Engineering and Process Safety • 上一篇    下一篇

Optimal synthesis of multi-plant heat exchanger networks considering both direct and indirect methods

Chenglin Chang1, Yufei Wang1, Xiao Feng2   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China;
    2 School of Chemical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
  • 收稿日期:2019-01-03 修回日期:2019-02-22 出版日期:2020-02-28 发布日期:2020-05-21
  • 通讯作者: Yufei Wang
  • 基金资助:
    Financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21476256) and Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum, Beijing (Nos. 2462017BJB03 & 2462018BJC004) are gratefully acknowledged.

Optimal synthesis of multi-plant heat exchanger networks considering both direct and indirect methods

Chenglin Chang1, Yufei Wang1, Xiao Feng2   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China;
    2 School of Chemical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
  • Received:2019-01-03 Revised:2019-02-22 Online:2020-02-28 Published:2020-05-21
  • Contact: Yufei Wang
  • Supported by:
    Financial supports from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21476256) and Science Foundation of China University of Petroleum, Beijing (Nos. 2462017BJB03 & 2462018BJC004) are gratefully acknowledged.

摘要: Heat exchanger networks (HENs) in separated plants can be simultaneously synthesized through process streams directly or intermediate fluids indirectly. However, the direct and indirect methods are studied separately in most existing researches. As the result, conventional designs are probably suboptimal, because optimal solutions may call for hybrid approach wherein direct and indirect integration methods are used synchronously. To circumvent this drawback aforementioned, we propose in this research a novel methodology to synthesize multi-plant HENs considering both direct and indirect approaches. The methodology employs a novel superstructure covering most potential topologies for both interplant and intra-plant heat integration. We also take into account multiple kinds of intermediate fluids for indirect integration and this has not been fully addressed in previous research. A mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) is formulated to optimize multi-plant HENs involving indirect and direct methods. One example from existing literature and one industrial problem are solved to demonstrate the methodology's capability.

关键词: HENs, Multi-plant, Heat integration, Superstructure, MINLP

Abstract: Heat exchanger networks (HENs) in separated plants can be simultaneously synthesized through process streams directly or intermediate fluids indirectly. However, the direct and indirect methods are studied separately in most existing researches. As the result, conventional designs are probably suboptimal, because optimal solutions may call for hybrid approach wherein direct and indirect integration methods are used synchronously. To circumvent this drawback aforementioned, we propose in this research a novel methodology to synthesize multi-plant HENs considering both direct and indirect approaches. The methodology employs a novel superstructure covering most potential topologies for both interplant and intra-plant heat integration. We also take into account multiple kinds of intermediate fluids for indirect integration and this has not been fully addressed in previous research. A mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) is formulated to optimize multi-plant HENs involving indirect and direct methods. One example from existing literature and one industrial problem are solved to demonstrate the methodology's capability.

Key words: HENs, Multi-plant, Heat integration, Superstructure, MINLP