Process design linear program

The process design linear program model is best written with flexibility in mind, such as extra matrix rows to provide flexibility in recycling, adding outside streams intermediate in the process, and determining component incremental values at each processing stage. This subject is discussed more fully later in this chapter. 

Figure 1. Process model for illustrating how process design linear programming can be achieved.

The example used here does not represent any particular process and is simpler than most real life plant cases. It does, how ever, have the elements needed to talk our way through the development of a process design linear program model. All models should have the following ... 

Process Design vs. Accounting Linear Program Models... 

Stanley, C., and El-Halw, M. M. (1995). Synthesis of mass exchange networks using linear programming techniques. In Waste Minimization nirough Process Design (A. P. Rossiter, ed.), pp. 209-224. McGraw Hill, New York. 

Examples of the application of linear programming in chemical process plant design and operation are given by Allen (1971), Rudd and Watson (1968), Stoecker (1991), and Urbaniec (1986). 

In this chapter, we tackle the integration design and coordination of a multisite refinery network. The main feature of the chapter is the development of a simultaneous analysis strategy for process network integration through a mixed-integer linear program (MILP). The performance of the proposed model in this chapter is tested on several industrial-scale examples to illustrate the economic potential and trade-offs involved in the optimization of the network. 

V. T. Voudouris and I. E. Grossmann. Mixed integer linear programming reformulations for batch process design with discrete equipment sizes. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 31 1315,1992. 

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