The pinch design method for energy-saving oil-refining plants

Authors
Klemes, J Kostenko, YT Tovazhnyanskii, LL Kapustenko, PA Ul'ev, LM Perevertailenko, AY Zulin, BD
Citation
J. Klemes et al., The pinch design method for energy-saving oil-refining plants, THEOR F CH, 33(4), 1999, pp. 379-390
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Chemical Engineering
Journal title
THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
ISSN journal
00405795 → ACNP
Volume
33
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
379 - 390
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-5795(199907/08)33:4<379:TPDMFE>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Basic steps of pinch analysis for designing cost-optimum heat-exchange powe r systems are discussed. The use of the pinch method made it possible to op timally redesign the heat-exchange unit of the primary oil-refining plant a t the Kremenchug oil-refining factory.