Shen, F., Wang, M. orcid.org/0000-0001-9752-270X, Huang, L. et al. (1 more author) (2021) Exergy analysis and multi-objective optimisation for energy system: a case study of a separation process in ethylene manufacturing. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 93. pp. 394-406. ISSN 1226-086X
Abstract
In chemical industry, most processes face the challenge of high energy consumption. The approach presented in this study can reduce the energy footprint and increase efficiency. The energy system of a separation process in ethylene manufacturing is used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach. The chilling train system of the separation process in a typical ethylene plant consumes most cooling and provides appropriate feed for distillation columns. The steady state simulation of system was presented and the simulation results were proved accurate. The conventional exergy analysis identifies that Dephlegmator No.1 (a heat exchange and mass transfer device) has the highest exergy destruction (1401.28 kW). Based on advanced exergy analysis, Dephlegmator No.1 has the highest rate of avoidable exergy destruction (89.04 %). Finally, a multi-objective optimisation aiming to maximise system exergy efficiency and to minimise operational cost was performed and the Pareto frontier was obtained. The multi-objective optimized exergy efficiency is 79.53 % (improved by 0.61 %) and the operational cost is 0.02031 yuan/kg (saved by 11.19 %). This study will guide future research to reduce energy consumption in process manufacturing.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | Ethylene manufacturing; Separation process; Steady state simulation; Exergy analysis; Process optimisation |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 17 Feb 2021 12:42 |
Last Modified: | 17 Oct 2021 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier BV |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.jiec.2020.10.018 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:171223 |
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