Process optimisation : a three-day Symposium organised by the Midlands Branch of The Institution of Chemical Engineers and held at the University of Nottingham, 7-9 April 1987, Nottingham

Process Optimisation documents the proceedings of a three-day Symposium organized by the Midlands Branch of The Institution of Chemical Engineers, held at the University of Nottingham, on 7-9 April 1987. The initiative for this Symposium on Process Optimization came from Dr. K.C. Mecklenburgh, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Nottingham, who was Chairman of the Organizing Committee from its inception until his death in November 1986. Mecklenburgh was a scholarly man, an acknowledged authority on Plant Layout and Safety, and a man very active in all aspects of the Institution's affairs. This volume contains 27 papers organized into three sections and follows the development of Process Plant from conception to operation. The papers in Section 1 discuss Project Selection, with an emphasis on financial implications, resource availability, and energy matters. Section 2 is devoted to Process Design where detailed optimization possibilities are considered including safety and hazard assessment. Section 3 covers Plant Operation where condition monitoring, revamp, and computing and control systems are all considered for optimization. Content: Front Matter , Page i Copyright , Page ii Dedication , Page iv Foreword , Page v OPTIMISATION OF GAS SEPARATION SCHEMES FOR THE ENSOL PROCESS , Pages 1-16 PRODUCT AND PROCESS SELECTION: ASPECTS OF EXPERT SYSTEMS IN DESIGN , Pages 17-30 FORMULATION OF THE LARGE-SCALE NLP PROBLEM FOR OPTIMISATION OF REACTOR-SEPARATOR PROCESSES , Pages 31-40 PROCESS INTENSIFICATION: FLUID BED HEAT TRANSFER , Pages 41-52 MODERN PROJECT INVESTMENT APPRAISAL: RETURN TO SIMPLICITY , Pages 53-66 TOTAL PROCESS PLANT ANALYSIS BY PROCESS INTEGRATION , Pages 67-78 SYNTHESIS OF DISTILLATION SEQUENCES: A COMPARISON OF ENUMERATIVE AND AI METHODS , Pages 79-93 EXPERT SYSTEM FOR PRODUCTION SEPARATOR DESIGN , Pages 95-108 OPTIMIZATION OF ACID GAS EMISSION CONTROL STRATEGIES IN THE UK POWER GENERATION INDUSTRY , Pages 109-116 OPTIMAL COST DESIGN OF A CYCLOHEXANOL PLANT , Pages 117-127 OPTIMISATION OF BATCH PLANT DESIGN , Pages 129-140 HAZARDS ASSESSMENT AT INITIAL LAYOUT STAGE , Pages 141-151 OPTIMISATION AND SAFETY , Pages 153-162 DYNAMIC MODEL BASED OPTIMISATION IN THE DESIGN OF A BATCH PROCESS INVOLVING SIMULTANEOUS REACTION AND DISTILLATION , Pages 163-181 INTEGRATED CONTROLLED RANDOM SEARCH: APPLICATION TO A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT MODEL , Pages 183-192 EXPLOSION VENTING OF WEAKLY FLAMMABLE MIXTURES: IMPLICATIONS FOR EXISTING PLANT MODIFICATIONS , Pages 193-209 AN OPTIMAL OVERDESIGN STRATEGY FOR FOULING , Pages 211-236 “CONDITION BASED MAINTENANCE — THE OPTIMUM ROUTE TO ENHANCED PLANT AVAILABILITY” , Pages 237-249 STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL IN THE PLANTATIONS INDUSTRY , Pages 251-263 MAXIMISING WASTE UTILISATION IN PALM OIL MILLS , Pages 265-275 COMPUTER CONTROL OF AN OLEFINE PLANT USING AN ON-LINE OPTIMISER , Pages 277-283 ON-LINE OPTIMIZATION OF FLUIDIZED CATALYTIC CRACKERS , Pages 285-298 STRATEGIES FOR DESALINATION OPTMISATION , Pages 299-310 OPTIMAL UNIT SELECTION IN A COMBINED HEAT AND POWER STATION , Pages 311-326 PROCESS OPTIMISATION - DESIGN AND OPERATION: A PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE , Pages 327-338 REVAMP OF HIGH PRESSURE DISTILLATION COLUMNS USING RANDOM PACKINGS , Pages 339-356 OPTIMISATION OF PHOSPHATE GRINDING , Pages 357-365 INDEX , Pages 367-372