Thursday, August 29, 2013

Improved Synthesis of Refinery Hydrogen Networks

6th International Conference on Process Systems Engineering (PSE ASIA), 25 - 27 June 2013, Kuala Lumpur. Improved Synthesis of Refinery Hydrogen Networks
Jagannath, A. and Elkamel, A. and Karimi, I. A.
Abstract
To meet today’s ever more stringent fuel specifications, it is necessary to increase the hydrotreating and hydrocracking operations within the refinery facility. Consequently, refineries will require more pure hydrogen. Authors address the problem of hydrogen distribution within a refinery, where a network perspective is adopted to solve this problem.
They propose a generalized superstructure for the design and operation of refinery hydrogen network. To this end, they devised a nonlinear programming model (NLP). In contrast to previous methods, their model considers the effect of both pressure and temperature to present a more realistic approach to the design and operation of hydrogen networks. A refinery case study is used to illustrate the utility of the model.
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