The integration of steam cycles in the power plant industry aims at optimizing the conversion of the available heat into mechanical power. The proposed method uses process integration techniques and a multi-objective optimisation procedure to generate optimal steam cycle configurations which can be ordered by complexity-costs and efficiency. The interest of this methods is to allow the integration of complex heat exchanger network layout, providing systematically alternative arrangements using an effective solving method.
Title
On the use of process integration techniques to generate optimal steam cycle configurations for the power plant industry
Published in
Pres'09: 12Th International Conference On Process Integration, Modelling And Optimisation For Energy Saving And Pollution Reduction, Pts 1 And 2
Series
Chemical Engineering Transactions
Volume
18
Pages
171-176
Conference
12th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction, Rome, ITALY, Feb 10-May 13, 2009
Date
2009
Publisher
Aidic Servizi Srl, Via Giuseppe Colombo 81/A, Milano, Mi 20133, Italy
Record creation date
2010-11-30