The main body of the report consisted of a short description of the study,
together with discussion of the result. The results were however succinctly
described by two illustrations for each of the four cases of the problem. The first
illustration showed the ultimate refinery complex which satisfied the premise of the
case studied, and a typical example is shown in Fig. 20. The second illustration,
typified by Fig. 21, gave the basic economic trend for this configuration and also
described the yields of major products for each parametric case.
The charts shown are meant only as an example and the figures are fictitious or
have been purposely deleted. However, it can be seen that Fig. 20 describes the
result in terms of the processes that must be built to satisfy the premise. Figure 21
shows why such a configuration is the optimum and what the ultimate product slate
would look like. Such a chart also gives the client’s management an opportunity to
assess quickly the effect of changing a basic premise such as maximum return on
investment or minimum capital investment.
References
Mukesh Sahdev, Refinery planning and optimization (2010) www.cheresources.com/content/
articles/energy
J. Zhang, X.X. Zhu, G.P. Towler, A simultaneous optimization strategy for overall integration in
refinery planning. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 40(12), 2640–2653 (2001)
Li Wenkai, Chi-Wai Hui, AnXue Li, Integrating CDU, FCC and product blending models into
refinery planning. Undated paper available online
Fig. 21 Bar chart summarizing economic studies for configuration in Fig. 20
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together with discussion of the result. The results were however succinctly
described by two illustrations for each of the four cases of the problem. The first
illustration showed the ultimate refinery complex which satisfied the premise of the
case studied, and a typical example is shown in Fig. 20. The second illustration,
typified by Fig. 21, gave the basic economic trend for this configuration and also
described the yields of major products for each parametric case.
The charts shown are meant only as an example and the figures are fictitious or
have been purposely deleted. However, it can be seen that Fig. 20 describes the
result in terms of the processes that must be built to satisfy the premise. Figure 21
shows why such a configuration is the optimum and what the ultimate product slate
would look like. Such a chart also gives the client’s management an opportunity to
assess quickly the effect of changing a basic premise such as maximum return on
investment or minimum capital investment.
References
Mukesh Sahdev, Refinery planning and optimization (2010) www.cheresources.com/content/
articles/energy
J. Zhang, X.X. Zhu, G.P. Towler, A simultaneous optimization strategy for overall integration in
refinery planning. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 40(12), 2640–2653 (2001)
Li Wenkai, Chi-Wai Hui, AnXue Li, Integrating CDU, FCC and product blending models into
refinery planning. Undated paper available online
Fig. 21 Bar chart summarizing economic studies for configuration in Fig. 20
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D.S.J. Jones and P.R. Pujado ´