Flexibility and environmental assessment of process-intensified design solutions: A DWC case study

Pretoro, Alessandro Di; Fedeli, Matteo; Ciranna, Flavia; Joulia, Xavier; Montastruc, Ludovic; Manenti, Flavio

doi:10.1016/j.compchemeng.2022.107663

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“…In the process engineering domain, the best-established solutions for the mitigation of heating and cooling utilities are represented by process intensification and energy integration. The former involves the use of intensified equipment, able to perform multiple operations inside the same unit [ 1 ], while the latter consists of the rearrangement of the utility network with the purpose of using the process streams to be cooled as hot duty for the process streams to be heated and vice versa [ 2 ].…”

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Combining Exergy and Pinch Analysis for the Operating Mode Optimization of a Steam Turbine Cogeneration Plant in Wonji-Shoa, Ethiopia

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In this research, the simulation of an existing 31.5 MW steam power plant, providing both electricity for the national grid and hot utility for the related sugar factory, was performed by means of ProSimPlus® v. 3.7.6. The purpose of this study is to analyze the steam turbine operating parameters by means of the exergy concept with a pinch-based technique in order to assess the overall energy performance and losses that occur in the power plant. The combined pinch and exergy analysis (CPEA) initially focuses on the depiction of the hot and cold composite curves (HCCCs) of the steam cycle to evaluate the energy and exergy requirements. Based on the minimal approach temperature difference (∆Tlm) required for effective heat transfer, the exergy loss that raises the heat demand (heat duty) for power generation can be quantitatively assessed. The exergy composite curves focus on the potential for fuel saving throughout the cycle with respect to three possible operating modes and evaluates opportunities for heat pumping in the process. Well-established tools, such as balanced exergy composite curves, are used to visualize exergy losses in each process unit and utility heat exchangers. The outcome of the combined exergy–pinch analysis reveals that energy savings of up to 83.44 MW may be realized by lowering exergy destruction in the cogeneration plant according to the operating scenario.

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