Steam optimization system configuration

The thermal integration of the system has a significant impact on the fuel conversion efficiency of the hydrogen production system. An optimal process configuration that generates the process steam with minimum parasitic losses was selected, and the fuel conversion efficiency on an LHV basis was estimated to be 75.2%. Compressor calculations showed that electricity required was around 1% of the LHV of the fuel. 

Although the details of establishing steam balances are discussed in Chapter 16 while steam equipment modeling equations are given in Chapter 15, the intention here is to combine all the related equations to develop a complete simulation and optimization model for the steam system. For specific applications, users can revise the model by providing specific configuration and conditions for the steam system. 

In the process industries, the Simplex algorithm has been applied to a wide range of problems, such as the optimization of a total plant utility system. A general steam utility configuration, typically involving as... 

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