Title: HEN OPTIMISATION FOR CRUDE OIL DISTILLATION UNIT
Abstract: The need for energy saving and reduction of gas emissions makes Process Integration
an attractive technology to improve energy efficiency in grassroot and retrofit designs.
One very important field for energy improvement is the heat exchanger network retrofit
projects, in which to maximise the existing heat recovery and at the same time keeping
the payback time as short as possible.
In this dissertation, retrofit Heat Exchanger Network design procedure for crude oil
distillation unit is presented. The heat exchanger network ofindonesia's oil refinery is
studied to improve the energy recovery and performance in the existing network.
The HEN analysis begins with the data extraction from existing network. Data of
heating and cooling requirement of the process are obtained from simulation and from
the process plant. Cost and economic data required for the analysis is specified.
From thermodynamic data obtained from extraction, composite curve is set. From the
composite curve, scope of energy recovery can be determined. Pinch analysis than can
be carried out base on economic data. By using incremental area efficiency, target for
network design can be set. The minimum approach temperature, which is set from
targeting, is used for retrofit design using network pinch method. Set of modification is
carried out in SPRINT, UMIST software, to increase energy recovery of the process.
The set of modification are then optimised in SRINT. The design options are compared
and evaluated and the retrofit design is suggested.
The suggested modification has reduced of energy at about 39% with the payback
period of 6 months. The modification gives the annual total saving of 336,705 $/y with
159,167$.
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Date: 2001-09-01
Language: en
Type: dissertation
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