PROCESS INTEGRATION WITH COMBINED HEAT AND POWER (CHP)

In this article a process integration methodology is presented which m aintains the pinch analysis tradition of targeting followed by design. What is a substantially new approach, is the development and testing of tools for targeting based on the combination of pinch and exergy an alysis for combined heat and power systems (CHPS). Both continuous and batch processes are contemplated. The proposed methodology also compr ehends appropriate design tools for the simulation, fine-tuning and de sign optimization of the CHP systems including novel process separatio n schemes. Industrial applications are presented to substantiate the p otential of the emerging technology. (C) European Communities 1997. Pu blished by Elsevier Science Ltd.