Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Steam System Optimization at Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

CATEGORY: STEAM SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION
PSE2015 - ESCAPE25
12th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering
 and 25th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
Copenhagen, Denmark, 31 May - 4 June 2015
Steam System Optimization at Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
Kashima Site
Toshiharu Morishita
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Kashima Site, Maintenance Technology Department, Process Control Technology
Group, Japan
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Kashima Site is purchasing steam and power from Kashima-Kita Electric Power Corporation, which is the main distributor of steam and power in Kashima Industrial Area. Operators in Kashima Site was trying to minimize steam purchasing cost by adjusting the balance of steam production and consumption especially at the second ethylene plant. However, due to possibility of many different operating patterns of the plant, it was difficult for operators to find and keep the optimum steam balance all the time. Therefore, we have prepared a complete steam system model of the overall factory, and with this model, an optimization system which determines the optimum operating pattern of the plant from 800 thousand possible operating patterns has been developed.
The system has also been provided with web-based visualization tools for monitoring of the optimized condition of the plant. Furthermore, the system has been integrated with the advanced process control system to realize automatic adjustment of the optimum operating condition of the plant. The annual benefit of the application of the system in 2012 has been estimated as 50 million yen (500 thousand US dollars).
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