V. Briones et Ac. Kokossis, Hypertargets: a Conceptual Programming approach for the optimisation of industrial heat exchanger networks - Part III. Industrial applications, CHEM ENG SC, 54(5), 1999, pp. 685-706
The fundamentals of the grassroots and retrofit technology have been presen
ted in Parts I and II. This part emphasises on common complications associa
ted with deviations from the counter-current heat transfer, and the integra
tion of streams with properties that face significant variations over the p
erceived range of energy recovery. A number of propositions are made with s
imple and straightforward modifications to the conceptual models. The modif
ications save the need to revert to elaborate, simulation-type models that
can mire the benefits of the systematic approach. The paper further discuss
es the application of the technology to problems of special importance such
as debottlenecking projects. It explains its potential as an analysis and
a decision making tool with an example from the pulp and paper industry. A
final test of its potential to remain systematic, rigorous, and fully autom
ated, even against large scale, complicated problems, is illustrated with t
wo Crude Oil distillation applications. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All
rights reserved.