An algebraic approach to identifying bottlenecks in linear process models of multifunctional energy systems
College
Gokongwei College of Engineering
Department/Unit
Chemical Engineering
Document Type
Article
Source Title
Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering
Volume
46
Issue
6
First Page
642
Last Page
650
Publication Date
11-1-2012
Abstract
This paper presents an algebraic approach for identifying bottlenecks in continuous process systems where each process unit is characterized by fixed mass and energy balance relationships. In industrial applications, such a system is designed to produce a particular product portfolio. This is determined from the anticipated products market and is taken as a baseline state. A process plant is designed with the individual process units at the required size to meet the baseline portfolio, and typically additional margin for safety reason is considered. A simple approach to identify the bottlenecks is proposed and the product portfolio is changed by a given fraction relative to the baseline state. A bottleneck occurs when the available excess capacity of a process unit is insufficient to meet the incremental requirement. Two illustrative case studies demonstrate the proposed methodology. © 2012 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1134/S004057951206022X
Recommended Citation
Tan, R. R., Lam, H. L., Kasivisvanathan, H., Ng, D. K., Foo, D. C., Kamal, M., Hallaler, N., & Klemeš, J. (2012). An algebraic approach to identifying bottlenecks in linear process models of multifunctional energy systems. Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering, 46 (6), 642-650. https://doi.org/10.1134/S004057951206022X
Disciplines
Process Control and Systems
Keywords
Process control
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