Survey of Process Integration Methodologies Applied to Complex Energy Systems

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Helsinki University of Technology | Diplomityö
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2004

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Konetekniikan osasto

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Energiatalous ja voimalaitostekniikka

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Ene-59

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en

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71

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Process integration is considered to start in the early 80's due to development of the heat exchanger pinch. The idea of process integrations is to think process as a whole. The current research on the field has concentrated on the development of different methods and different applications. The objective of this study was to give an overall view to the process integration methods, their categories and their novel applications. Chapter 1 gives a brief introduction and the objective of the study. Classification of various process integration methods is given in chapter 2. In chapters 3-5 they are explained in detail. In chapter 6, two sophisticated process integration methodologies are analysed. The purpose was to examine how these methodologies are structured and used. They are taken as example of the current practice in complex process integration problem solving. Chapter 7 is a conclusion part of the study. All the methods have their special purpose for use. It is not possible to optimise the large-scale energy systems using only one specific method. The methods are used in combination to obtain better problem solving.

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Ahtila, Pekka

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Tuomaala, Mari

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process integration, optimisation, pinch

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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:aalto-2020120450817

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