Integrating processes

Whether heat integration is restricted to the separation system or allowed with the rest of the process, integration always benefits from colder reboiler streams and hotter condenser streams. This point is dealt with in more general terms in Chap. 12. In addition, when column pressures are allowed to vary, columns with smaller temperature differences are easier to integrate, since smaller changes in pressure are required to achieve suitable integration. This second point is explained in more detail in Chap. 14. 

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Process Integrated Detection and Characterization of Casting Defects. 

To realize a process integrated quality control the conception shown in fig. 2 was followed. The casting process which is influenced by process parameters like thermal economy, alloy composition or black wash will be pursued with particulary to the problematic nature adjusted sensoring systems. On basic factors orientated sensoring systems like microfocus radioscopy, and tomography will be employed and correlated with sensoring systems which can be applicated under industrial conditions. 

Although the presented results prove the efficiency of radioscopy, this system have certain characteristics which justify to develop and employ further process integrated testing systems. One of this characteristics is that the integration of radioscopy in industrial applications is doubtful because of reasons of radiation protection. This means, that the results from radioscopy should rather be used to fit other systems (acoustic emission analysis or temperature analysis) for industrial applications. 

B. Linnhoff and co-workers, M User Guide on Process Integration for Efficient Use of Energy, Institute of Chemical Engineers, Rughy, U.K., 1982. 

The choice of a specific CO2 removal system depends on the overall ammonia plant design and process integration. Important considerations include CO2 sHp required, CO2 partial pressure in the synthesis gas, presence or lack of sulfur, process energy demands, investment cost, availabiUty of solvent, and CO2 recovery requirements. Carbon dioxide is normally recovered for use in the manufacture of urea, in the carbonated beverage industry, or for enhanced oil recovery by miscible flooding. 

J. L. Anastasi and co-workers, "Molten-Caustic-Leaching (Gravimelt Process) Integrated Test Circuit Operation Results," Report to the Gravimelt Process Advisory Board, Summer 1989. 

In this context, process integration can provide an excellent framework for addressing the foregoing objectives. 

The optimization component of process integration drives the iterations between synthesis and analysis toward an optimal closure. In many cases, optimization is also used within the synthesis activities. For instance, in the targeting approach for synthesis, the various objectives are reconciled using optimization. In the structure-based synthesis approach, optimization is typically the main framework for formulating and solving the synthesis task. 

The theory and application of process integration for pollution prevention will be the focus of the rest of the book. Special emphasis is given to mass integration techniques. As has been mentioned in the previous section, pollution prevention... 

As has been discussed in Chapter One, mathematical programming (or optimization) is a powerful tool for process integration. For an overview of c mization and its application in pollution prevention, the reader is referred to El-Halwagi (1995). In this chapter, it will be shown how optimization techniques enable the designer to ... 

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