Optimum design operation

Exploration for an acceptable or optimum design of a new reaction process may need to consider reactor types, several catalysts, specifications of feed and product, operating conditions, and economic evaluations. Modifications to an existing process hkewise may need to consider many cases. These efforts can oe eased by commercial kinetics services. A typical one can handle up to 20 reactions in CSTRs or... 

Since and l ( are interdependent parameters the optimum design is achieved when /nr at is of the same magnitude as the relay operating current, i.e. I ( —... 

After the base case is digested and accepted by the designer as valid, various modification cases can be obtained. Because the base case and each modification case is presented in its best light (at the optimum plant operation for that case), bias between cases is eliminated. Therefore, the designer can compare cases on the same basis. 

The cost effectiveness of an adsorption cycle machine depends both on the COP, which will affect the operating costs and also on its size, which will influence the capital cost. The COP in a particular application will be both a function of the adsorbent properties and of the cycle used. Complex cycles described below can deliver high COP s but require more heat transfer area and are therefore larger, leading to a higher capital cost. There is a compromise between efficiency and complexity which determines the optimum design. 

These tests were performed to establish the limits in flexibility and operability of a methanation scheme. The two demonstration plants have been operated in order to determine the optimum design parameters as well as the possible variation range which can be tolerated without an effect on catalyst life and SNG specification. Using a recycle methanation system, the requirements for the synthesis gas concerning H2/CO ratio, C02 content, and higher hydrocarbon content are not fixed to a small range only the content of poisons should be kept to a minimum. The catalyst has proved thermostability and resistance to high steam content with a resultant expected life of more than 16,000 hrs. 

Improve Chemical Engineering. Improvements in catalyst performance inevitably mean that the optimum plant operating condition will be different from that for the unimproved catalyst. Design changes may be needed to obtain the maximum benefit from improved performance. The cost of such changes must be taken into account when assessing the value of catalyst improvement. 

A comparison of the operations discussed in Section III with regard to applications in a particular chemical process should be based, at least in part, on the analysis of a theoretical model of the type discussed in Section IV. At the present stage of development, only an approximate estimate of reaction conversion and selectivity will be obtained in this way, and the analysis must in most cases be supplemented with qualitative considerations. The analysis is necessary, however, if optimum choice of operation and optimum design of the chosen operation are to be achieved. 

This will not necessarily be the optimum design for the network. The optimum design will be that which gives the lowest total annual costs taking into account the capital cost of the system, in addition to the utility and other operating costs. The number of exchangers in the network, and their size, will determine the capital cost. 

Krane, R.J., 1987, A second law analysis of the optimum design and operation of thermal energy storage systems. Int. J. Heat Transfer 30 43—57. 

It is always important to choose an optimum design configuration of the hydrodynamic cavitation reactor so as to maximize the cavitational effects and achieve cost effective operation. In this section, we will discuss available reactor configurations and give some guidelines, based on theoretical analysis coupled with experimental results, for selection of optimum design and operating parameters for hydrodynamic cavitation reactors. 

Conventional wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) were not designed for an efficient APIs removal. The sludge retention time (SRT) is one of the crucial parameters, which influence on the design, operation and control of WWTPs. APIs can be divided into three major groups compounds with optimum SRT range for which their removal is the most effective (e.g., antibiotics and antiinflammatories), compounds on which SRT has no impact (e.g., anticonvulsants, p-blockers and hormones), compounds with visible influence of SRT on their removal rate (e.g., lipid regulators) [43]. 

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