Simultaneous Optimization of Synthesis and Scheduling of Cleaning in Flexible Heat Exchanger Networks  

作　　者：肖丰 都健 刘琳琳 栾国颜 姚平经 

机构地区：[1]Institute of Process System Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, China

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering》2010年第3期402-411,共10页中国化学工程学报（英文版）

基　　金：Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China （20976022） and Dalian University of Technology for Constructing Interdiscipline ＇Energy＋X＇. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from Lanzhou Petrochemical Company, PetroChina Company Limited.

摘　　要：A novel methodology is presented for simultaneously optimizing synthesis and cleaning schedule of flexible heat exchanger network(HEN)by genetic/simulated annealing algorithms(GA/SA).Through taking into account the effect of fouling process on optimal network topology,a preliminary network structure possessing two-fold oversynthesis is obtained by means of pseudo-temperature enthalpy(T-H)diagram approach prior to simultaneous optimization.Thus,the computational complexity of this problem classified as NP(Non-deterministic Polynomial)-complete can be significantly reduced.The promising matches resulting from preliminary synthesis stage are further optimized in parallel with their heat exchange areas and cleaning schedule.In addition,a novel continu- ous time representation is introduced to subdivide the given time horizon into several variable-size intervals according to operating periods of heat exchangers,and then flexible HEN synthesis can be implemented in dynamic manner.A numerical example is provided to demonstrate that the presented strategy is feasible to decrease the total annual cost(TAC)and further improve network flexibility,but even more important,it may be applied to solve large-scale flexible HEN synthesis problems.A novel methodology is presented for simultaneously optimizing synthesis and cleaning schedule of flexible heat exchanger network（HEN）by genetic/simulated annealing algorithms（GA/SA）.Through taking into account the effect of fouling process on optimal network topology,a preliminary network structure possessing two-fold oversynthesis is obtained by means of pseudo-temperature enthalpy（T-H）diagram approach prior to simultaneous optimization.Thus,the computational complexity of this problem classified as NP（Non-deterministic Polynomial）-complete can be significantly reduced.The promising matches resulting from preliminary synthesis stage are further optimized in parallel with their heat exchange areas and cleaning schedule.In addition,a novel continu- ous time representation is introduced to subdivide the given time horizon into several variable-size intervals according to operating periods of heat exchangers,and then flexible HEN synthesis can be implemented in dynamic manner.A numerical example is provided to demonstrate that the presented strategy is feasible to decrease the total annual cost（TAC）and further improve network flexibility,but even more important,it may be applied to solve large-scale flexible HEN synthesis problems.

关 键 词：flexible heat-exchanger network SYNTHESIS cleaning schedule continuous time representation simultaneous optimization 

分 类 号：TQ051.5[化学工程] TQ013.1