Evolutionary synthesis of optimum light ends recovery unit with exergy analysis application

Amirhossein Khalili-Garakani, Javad Ivakpour and Norollah Kasiri

Applied Energy, 2016, vol. 168, issue C, 507-522

Abstract: Exergy analysis proved to be important in understanding of regions with poor energy efficiency and improve the design of distillation processes. In this study a new method based on exergy analysis is developed for the synthesis of a light ends recovery unit. The algorithm is some kinds of evolutionary one which employ total exergy loss diagrams of distillation columns for limiting the search space and reducing configuration nominees. The new method presented here for the light end separation unit, applies exergy loss diagrams as a powerful tool in locating the weak spot in the distillation columns of the Brugma sequence (as a first guess) and change the structure of the sequence step by step to achieve the best sequence. The results show that the new method could reduce the amount of calculations between 16% and 55% of the cases considered in this case study. The reduction of the search space takes place without decreasing the comprehensiveness and precision of the synthesis algorithm. Besides the amount of reduction in total annual cost and exergy loss of the optimum sequence is considerable.

Keywords: Distillation sequence; Exergy analysis; Separation matrix; Search space; Light ends recovery unit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.01.072

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