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称为“桥法”的新型能源分析方法，如果桥法得到充分开发并转移到工业中，它将代表着一个突破，可以更好地实现能源分析和减少工业过程中的能源使用。使用比夹点分析等传统技术更有效的方法，以及与此相关的显着温室气体减排。桥法考虑了能量转移图 (ETD)，它是基于第一个方法的工业过程中能量转移的表示。热力学两条定律。 ETD 展示了如何在工业过程单元中节约能源并同时降低能源效率。 ETD 使人们能够通过修改过程操作、热交换器网络 (HEN) 和系统来可视化提高工厂能源效率的所有机会。热电生产系统。 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出适合工业应用的全球方法，该计划将解决四个研究主题，包括（ a) 开发用于改造热交换网络的优化算法，以减少 HEN 改造的能耗，(b) 开发用于分析全场热电系统的热力学关系，(c) 开发一种方法产业集群特别是总体选址分析对于现有纸浆和造纸厂实施生物精炼的情况，以及（d）将这些工具组装成设计高能效工艺的总体方法。总体方法对于在工业环境中工作的工艺工程师来说应该是用户友好的。桥接法的独创性在于对工业过程中的能量转换和降解有更好的基本理解和表示，并将这种理解纳入节能工业过程设计的实用方法中。