Program for the Development of a Novel Methodology for the Design of Energy Efficient Biorefineries and Industrial Systems

开发节能生物精炼厂和工业系统设计新方法的计划

• 批准号: RGPIN-2015-05604
• 负责人: Stuart, Paul
• 金额: $ 2.55万
• 依托单位: École Polytechnique de Montréal
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2016-01-01 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=613641
• 关键词: Program; Development; Novel; Methodology; Design

A novel approach for energy analysis called the “Bridge Method” is being developed in this research program. If the Bridge Method is fully-developed and transferred to industry, it will represent a breakthrough that better enables energy analysis and energy use reduction in industrial processes using a method that is more effective than traditional techniques such as pinch analysis, and the significant GHG reductions associated with this. The Bridge Method considers the Energy Transfer Diagram (ETD), which is a representation of energy transfer in industrial processes based on the first two laws of thermodynamics. The ETD presents how energy is conserved, and at the same time degraded across industrial process units. The ETD makes it possible to visualize all opportunities for increasing plant energy efficiency by modifications of the process operations, the heat-exchanger network (HEN), and the heat and power production system. The overall objective of this research program is to continue to explore the fundamental aspects of the Bridge Method, ideally to the point where a global methodology can be developed that is suitable for application in industry. Four research themes will be addressed in this program including (a) the development of an optimization algorithm for the retrofit of heat exchange networks to reduce energy consumption by HEN retrofit, (b) the development of thermodynamic relationships for analyzing site-wide heat and power systems, (c) the development of a method for total site analysis for industrial clusters and especially for the case of biorefinery implementation in existing pulp and paper mills, and (d) assembling these tools into an overall methodology for the design of highly energy-efficient processes. The overall method should be user-friendly to process engineers working in the industrial environment. The originality of the Bridge Method lies with a better fundamental understanding and representation of energy conversion and degradation in industrial processes, and the incorporation of this understanding in a practical methodology for the design of energy efficient industrial processes.

该研究计划正在开发一种新型的能量分析方法，称为“桥梁方法”。如果桥梁方法已完全开发并转移到工业界，它将代表一个突破性，可以使用比传统技术（例如捏合分析）更有效的方法在工业过程中更好地减少能源分析和能量利用，以及与此相关的显着降低GHG减少。桥方法考虑了能量传递图（ETD），该图是基于前两个热力学定律在工业过程中能量转移的表示。 ETD介绍了能源的保存方式，同时又跨工业过程单位降级。 ETD通过修改过程操作，热量交换器网络（HEN）和热量和电力生产系统来可视化提高植物能效率的所有机会。 该研究计划的总体目标是继续探索桥梁方法的基本方面，理想情况下，可以开发适合行业应用的全球方法论。 Four research themes will be addressed in this program including (a) the development of an optimization algorithm for the retrofit of heat exchange networks to reduce energy consumption by HEN retrofit, (b) the development of thermodynamic relationships for analyzing site-wide heat and power systems, (c) the development of a method for total site analysis for industrial clusters and especially for the case of biorefinery implementation in existing pulp and paper mills, and (d) assembling these tools作为设计高能节能过程的总体方法。总体方法应该对在工业环境中工作的工程师进行用户友好。桥梁方法的独创性在于对工业过程中能量转换和退化的更好的基本理解和表示，以及在实用方法中使用这种理解的方法来设计节能工业过程。