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Figure 20.9 shows a typical optimisation trajectory found by the model for one load and power price combination. The starting point for the raw and recycle brine is based on current plant operating rules and appears as 100% on the flow axes. Subsequently the model varies the brine flows and runs to a new steady-state solution. The modelling package has a built-in optimisation routine which controls the searching process as dictated by the cost function, which is the price per unit of chlorine. In the case illustrated by Fig. 20.9 it requires eight runs to find the optimal solution. 

A prior model was described by Marshall et. al. (36), but this did not Include the hemlhydrate population balance. A version of the present model was given by Steemson et. al. (37), centred around a simulation package developed for alumina plant modelling. This version Included hemlhydrate dissolution but used an assumed correlation for the dissolution rate. 

A model package dyeing plant constructed for the cost/benefit analysis of applying dyebath/auxiliary bath reuse to pressure package dyeing was assumed to have the following ... 

Fruit Industry Supply Chains (FISC) are interconnected networks conformed by production nodes (farms), processing plants (fruit packaging and concentrated juice plants), and storage facilities, along with clients and third party raw material and services suppliers. Although Supply Chain optimization is a mature field, very few contributions on FISC modeling with management purposes have appeared so far in the open literature. 

The level of suppliers is omitted from the model. The level of warehouses is considered merely in the transportation costs from plants to customers. If a product has to be stored in a warehouse during the transportation from a certain plant to a certain customer then the specific transportation cost of that route is increased with the cost of storage. Therefore, three levels are considered in the supply chain model of Provimi Pet Food (1) production lines of plants, (2) packaging lines of plants, and (3) customers (see Fig. 1). 

Computer programming, as FORTRAN or Visual Basic, may be used to formulate mathematical functions of any complexity. This is a powerful feature of simulators often underestimated. An example is the study of steady state controllability directly from non-linear plant models (see Chapter 12). Different controllability measures can be calculated directly by programming, or by exporting data to other packages. 

Based on the non-linear plant model, a linear dynamic model is derived, either as a set of transfer functions (identification method), or as a state-space description. The last alternative is offered in advanced packages as ASPEN Dynamics . 

Dynamic controllability analysis. Based on the non-linear plant model, a linear dynamic model is derived, either as a set of transfer functions (identification method), or as a state-space description (matrices A, B, C. D). The last alternative is offered in some advanced packages, as Aspen Dynamics , but the applicability to very large problems should be verified. Then a standard controllability analysis versus frequency can be performed. The main steps are ... 

The information systems can be combined with advanced plant modelling systems, and interface to external software packages, such as for process modelling and pipe stress analysis. 

C. M. HOPPER, Safety Analysis Report for Packaging (Oak Ridge ir-12 Plant Model DTi 14 Package for Enriched Uranium), Y/DD-244 Union Carbide Corporation-Nuclear Division, Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge. TN (1978). 

In the proposed framework, HYSYS. PLANT simulation package is used to validate both the steady state and dynamic models even though the switchability fiom steady state to dynamic mode is not a trivial procedure, as it will be shown in the case study section. 

The application of rigorous simulation packages, such as HYSYS, provides a valuable basis for the design and overall evaluation of advanced process control applications to the simulated processes. Steady state and dynamic simulations help in the process development by analysing and validating the design and/or ideas before their implementation to avoid costly modifications and to ensure safe operation. The simulation of the VCM plant is developed in HYSYS.PLANT in both steady state and dynamic modes and could be used for further economical, environmental and operational evaluations. Table 2 shows the characteristics of the VCM plant model and the detailed data and specifications of the main processes. Fig. 10 shows the process flowsheet of the simulated VCM plant in HYSYS including the main reactors and distillation columns. 

HDS plant model is represented using UML in a hierarchical manner. In the top-level of abstraction the plant is considered as a master CGU, which is represented within UML as a package with inputs (Diesel and H2) and outputs (Gas-off, Sulfur-free Diesel, and Naftha). The inputs... 

Once the objective and the constraints have been set, a mathematical model of the process can be subjected to a search strategy to find the optimum. Simple calculus is adequate for some problems, or Lagrange multipliers can be used for constrained extrema. When a Rill plant simulation can be made, various alternatives can be put through the computer. Such an operation is called jlowsheeting. A chapter is devoted to this topic by Edgar and Himmelblau Optimization of Chemical Processes, McGraw-HiU, 1988) where they list a number of commercially available software packages for this purpose, one of the first of which was Flowtran. 

The recent introduction of inexpensive desktop computers has allowed their extensive use throughout many companies. The standard spreadsheet packages which accompany these machines enables the above data to be laid out in an interactive way, so that what if situations can be explored at the planning stage and the implications of, for example, market trends in the food industry, to be examined over the long term for its effect on the plant layout. The model may include a factor to take into account improvements in technology and working practices in both the office and factory. 

Since the advent of efficient and robust simulation and optimization solution engines" and flowsheeting software packages that allow for relatively easy configuration of complex models, numerous integrated, high fidelity, and multiscale process model applications have been deployed in industrial plants to monitor performance and to determine and capture improvements in operating profit. 

The sources of renewable energy are natural processes, and weather plays an important role in nature. Because the operation of complex weather stations and weather-modeling software packages is beyond the scope of this book, the systems described here are often used on solar, ocean, and wind-farm-type power plants. 

Unsteady-state or dynamic simulation accounts for process transients, from an initial state to a final state. Dynamic models for complex chemical processes typically consist of large systems of ordinary differential equations and algebraic equations. Therefore, dynamic process simulation is computationally intensive. Dynamic simulators typically contain three units (i) thermodynamic and physical properties packages, (ii) unit operation models, (hi) numerical solvers. Dynamic simulation is used for batch process design and development, control strategy development, control system check-out, the optimization of plant operations, process reliability/availability/safety studies, process improvement, process start-up and shutdown. There are countless dynamic process simulators available on the market. One of them has the commercial name Hysis [2.3]. 

The model was created using the proprietary spreadsheet package Microsoft Excel together with the programming code Microsoft Visual Basic. It runs on a standard personal computer (200 MHz, 64 MB RAM). Individual worksheets are allocated to each system component sub-model these are described in the following sub-sections. Non-capital cost items such as labour, maintenance and overheads are based on functions derived by Toft [2]. All capital costs are corrected where necessary to a total plant cost basis using methods defined in the same work. 

Two main decision levels, the level of plants and the level of customers, are considered in the Provimi Pet Food supply chain problem. Customers have certain demands for products which can be produced in the plants. The production process is modeled as being consisted of two consecutive steps. Semi-products are produced in production lines. These semi-products are subsequently mixed and packaged in packaging lines. This packaged product is the final product of the plants, and is transported to the customers. The semi-products can be transported between plants, i.e. a packaging line can package semi-products produced in another plant. 

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