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Distillation Control Structure Selection for Energy‐Efficient Operations
Author(s) -
Osuolale Funmilayo,
Zhang Jie
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.201400707
Subject(s) - distillation , process engineering , operability , fractionating column , efficient energy use , exergy efficiency , selection (genetic algorithm) , control theory (sociology) , exergy , control (management) , computer science , chemistry , engineering , chromatography , reliability engineering , artificial intelligence , electrical engineering
Few studies have been reported concerning the energy efficiency of various distillation column control structures. The choice of an energy‐efficient control configuration by incorporating thermodynamics second law in the selection criteria is described. In addition to a relative gain array for assessing control loop interactions, a relative exergy array is used in evaluating the energy efficiency of various control structures. The preferred control structure should have both good operability and good energy efficiency as distillation columns are the major energy consumer in the chemical industry. The performance of the control structures in the dynamic mode is analyzed in detail. The proposed method is demonstrated on two binary distillation columns: methanol‐water separation and benzene‐toluene separation. Dynamic simulation results prove the efficiency of the proposed distillation control structure selection method.