Distillation troubleshooting: Using a wide range of engineering skills for a sustainable process improvement Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • A new method for the fast detection and evaluation of optimization potentials for separation processes is presented. The method disclaims the application of difficult rigorous mathematical optimization techniques by a number of different smart workarounds. The basis for the optimization is the application of different heuristics, shortcut methods, and simulation studies. The application of this method to a real process showed that, without large scale mathematical optimization, the overall yield of the process was increased by 58%, using still the same heat input. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 19th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering and 7th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (Prague, Czech Republic 8/28/2010-9/1/2010).

published proceedings

  • 19th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, CHISA 2010 and 7th European Congress of Chemical Engineering, ECCE-7

author list (cited authors)

  • Staak, D., Grtzner, T., Zollinger, D., & Caraucan, M.

complete list of authors

  • Staak, D||Grützner, T||Zollinger, D||Caraucan, M

publication date

  • December 2010