2017 Annual Meeting

Session: Process Research & Innovation for Improved Process Efficiency

Process efficiency can contribute to more sustainable solutions for minimizing resources needed to make the needed and useful materials, chemicals, and ingredients. This session highlights areas where the manufacturing processes can be improved for better energy, materials, water, and capital utilization.

Chair

Tom Xu, DuPont

Co-Chair

Tom Enright, Xerox Research Center of Canada

Presentations

12:30 PM

(384a) Multi-Objective Optimization of Crude Distillation Unit, Vacuum Distillation Unit and Hydrocracking Reactor in Diesel Production Process to Maximize Profitability and Reduce Green House Gases Using Nspso and Nsga-II Bioinspired Techniques
Camilo Monroy-Peña, Johana Orjuela

12:55 PM

(384d) Development of a Computational Fluid Dynamic Modelling Concept, for the Recodust-Process
Franz Edler, Christoph Spijker, Harald Raupenstrauch, Johannes Rieger, Bernhard Geier, Wolfgang Reiter
(384b) Optimization of Series and Parallel Flow Configurations of Vapor Absorption Chiller
Muhammad Zaman, Muhammad Usman Ghani

01:20 PM

(384c) Modelling and Optimization Approaches to Enhance the Efficiency of Heat Recovery Steam Generators: A Case Study in Industrial Combined Cycle Power Plant
Parag Patil, Babji Srinivasan, Rajagopalan Srinivasan
(384e) Dynamic Simulation and Optimization for Gas Expanded Liquid Phase of Ethylene Oxide Production with Free Carbon Dioxide Emission
Mhd A. Abou Shama, Qiang Xu