The optimal design of a compression refrigeration system(CRS) with multiple temperature levels is very important to chemical process industries and also represents considerable challenges in process systems engineerin...The optimal design of a compression refrigeration system(CRS) with multiple temperature levels is very important to chemical process industries and also represents considerable challenges in process systems engineering. In this paper, a general methodology for the optimal synthesis of the CRS, which simultaneously integrates CRS and Heat Exchanger Networks(HEN) to minimize the total compressor shaft work consumption based on an MINLP model, has been proposed. The major contribution of this method is in addressing the optimal design of refrigeration cycle with variable refrigeration temperature levels. The method can be used to make major decisions in the CRS design, such as the number of levels, temperature levels, and heat transfer duties. The performance of the developed methodology has been illustrated with a case study of an ethylene CRS in an industrial ethylene plant, and the optimal solution has been examined by rigorous simulations in Aspen Plus to verify its feasibility and consistency.展开更多
In this paper the MINLP method proposed in Part(Ⅰ)is illustrated by applying it tothe synthesis problem of non-sharp distillation sequences.A MINLP formulation for the synthesis ofdistillation sequences with non-shar...In this paper the MINLP method proposed in Part(Ⅰ)is illustrated by applying it tothe synthesis problem of non-sharp distillation sequences.A MINLP formulation for the synthesis ofdistillation sequences with non-sharp separation is proposed.In this formulation the recoveries of thekey components are introduced as optimization variables and this makes it possible to synthesize adistillation sequence with specified component recoveries,and at the same time,renders the MINLPproblem nonconvex.The solution procedure is illustrated with three example problems.展开更多
An algorithm for global optimization of a class of nonconvex MINLP problems is devel-oped and presented in this paper.By partitioning the variables,dual representation of the primal ofsubproblems and outer-approximati...An algorithm for global optimization of a class of nonconvex MINLP problems is devel-oped and presented in this paper.By partitioning the variables,dual representation of the primal ofsubproblems and outer-approximation strategy are used to develop a representative relaxed iterativeproblem.Then the original MINLP problem is replaced by a series of subproblems and relaxediterative problems.By exploiting the particular form of the nonconvex MINLP problem,the feasibleregion of this problem is explicitly included in the representative problem,thus the inconvenienceencountered with the GBD method can be avoided.The proposed method is illustrated andinterpreted geometrically with an example problem.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21676183)
文摘The optimal design of a compression refrigeration system(CRS) with multiple temperature levels is very important to chemical process industries and also represents considerable challenges in process systems engineering. In this paper, a general methodology for the optimal synthesis of the CRS, which simultaneously integrates CRS and Heat Exchanger Networks(HEN) to minimize the total compressor shaft work consumption based on an MINLP model, has been proposed. The major contribution of this method is in addressing the optimal design of refrigeration cycle with variable refrigeration temperature levels. The method can be used to make major decisions in the CRS design, such as the number of levels, temperature levels, and heat transfer duties. The performance of the developed methodology has been illustrated with a case study of an ethylene CRS in an industrial ethylene plant, and the optimal solution has been examined by rigorous simulations in Aspen Plus to verify its feasibility and consistency.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘In this paper the MINLP method proposed in Part(Ⅰ)is illustrated by applying it tothe synthesis problem of non-sharp distillation sequences.A MINLP formulation for the synthesis ofdistillation sequences with non-sharp separation is proposed.In this formulation the recoveries of thekey components are introduced as optimization variables and this makes it possible to synthesize adistillation sequence with specified component recoveries,and at the same time,renders the MINLPproblem nonconvex.The solution procedure is illustrated with three example problems.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘An algorithm for global optimization of a class of nonconvex MINLP problems is devel-oped and presented in this paper.By partitioning the variables,dual representation of the primal ofsubproblems and outer-approximation strategy are used to develop a representative relaxed iterativeproblem.Then the original MINLP problem is replaced by a series of subproblems and relaxediterative problems.By exploiting the particular form of the nonconvex MINLP problem,the feasibleregion of this problem is explicitly included in the representative problem,thus the inconvenienceencountered with the GBD method can be avoided.The proposed method is illustrated andinterpreted geometrically with an example problem.
