{"title":"Frontmatter","authors":"","doi":"10.1515/cppm-2021-frontmatter4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/cppm-2021-frontmatter4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9935,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Product and Process Modeling","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42268532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hamed Eghbalahmadi, P. Khadiv-Parsi, S. M. Mousavian, M. H. Eghbal Ahmadi
{"title":"Development of a CFD-based simulation model and optimization of thermal diffusion column: application on noble gas separation","authors":"Hamed Eghbalahmadi, P. Khadiv-Parsi, S. M. Mousavian, M. H. Eghbal Ahmadi","doi":"10.1515/cppm-2021-0049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/cppm-2021-0049","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this study, numerical simulations were carried out to investigate the separation of the helium-argon gas mixture by thermal diffusion column. This research determined the significant parameters and their effects on the process performance. Effects of feed flow rate, cut ratio, and hot wire temperature in a 950 mm height column with an inner tube of 9.5 mm radius were examined through the simulation of the thermal diffusion column. For minimizing the number of simulations and obtaining the optimum operating conditions, response surface methodology (RSM) was used. Analysis of separative work unit (SWU) values as a target function for helium-argon separation clearly showed that the maximum amount of SWU in thermal diffusion column was achieved, when hot wire temperature increased as large as technically possible, and the feed rate and cut ratio were equal to 55 Standard Cubic Centimeters per Minute (SCCM) and 0.44, respectively. Finally, the SWU value in optimum conditions was compared with the experimental data. Results illustrated that the experimental data were in good agreement with simulation data with an accuracy of about 90%.","PeriodicalId":9935,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Product and Process Modeling","volume":"18 1","pages":"97 - 115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43019531","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An improved Wilson equation for phase equilibrium K values estimation","authors":"W. Monnery","doi":"10.1515/cppm-2021-0009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/cppm-2021-0009","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Phase equilibrium K values are either estimated with empirical correlations or rigorously calculated based on fugacity values determined from an equation of state. There have been several empirical analytical equations such as Raoult’s Law, the Hoffman Equations (Hoffman A, Crump J, Hocott C. Equilibrium constants for a gas condensate system. J Petrol Technol 1953;5:1–10) and their modifications and the well-known Wilson Equation (Wilson G. A modified Redlich–Kwong equation of state applicable to general physical data calculations. In: AIChE National Meeting Paper15C, May 4–7, Cleveland, OH; 1969). along with several modifications. This work presents a new modification of the Wilson Equation for estimating phase equilibrium K values, predominantly for light hydrocarbon mixtures. The modification is based on correlating a subset of a database of K values, established from convergence pressure data. Results show the method to accurately correlate and predict the K value data, within 10% on average. Moreover, the predicted K factors provide remarkable results for such a simple model when used in a variety of phase equilibrium calculations. The results also show that the new model compares favorably with existing empirical analytical methods. Such a model would provide excellent initial estimates for rigorous thermodynamic calculations.","PeriodicalId":9935,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Product and Process Modeling","volume":"17 1","pages":"365 - 377"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44460253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An enhancement in series cascade control for non-minimum phase system","authors":"Manish Yadav","doi":"10.1515/cppm-2021-0046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/cppm-2021-0046","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This work reveals an Internal Model Control (IMC)-based series cascade control for the non-minimum phase and time delay process. The combination of a higher-order fractional IMC filter and inverse response compensator for designing the outer loop controller illustrates the uniqueness of this work. For the time delay term, a higher-order approximation is considered. The standard IMC-PID structure adopts for the inner loop controller design. While the higher-order fractional filter coupled with inverse response compensator takes for the design of the outer loop controller. The suggested scheme demonstrates enhanced exhibition for setpoint tracking and disturbance rejection. Moreover, the sensitivity analysis is also accomplished to determine the robustness of the closed-loop system under process parameter variations.","PeriodicalId":9935,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Product and Process Modeling","volume":"18 1","pages":"51 - 71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46676195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abdullah H. Almerri, M. Al‐Obaidi, S. Alsadaie, I. Mujtaba
{"title":"Modelling and simulation of industrial multistage flash desalination process with exergetic and thermodynamic analysis. A case study of Azzour seawater desalination plant","authors":"Abdullah H. Almerri, M. Al‐Obaidi, S. Alsadaie, I. Mujtaba","doi":"10.1515/cppm-2021-0040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/cppm-2021-0040","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Despite the fact of being intensive energy consumption, MSF is a mature technology that characterised by a high production capacity of high-quality water. The multistage flash (MSF) desalination process is one of the prominent thermal desalination used in the industry of seawater desalination to produce high quantity and high quality of freshwater. However, this process consumes large amount of energy and faces thermal limitations due to its high degree of exergy destruction at several units of the process. Therefore, the research of MSF is still existed to elevate the performance indicators and to resolve the concern of high energy consumption. To rectify these limitations, it is important to determine the units responsible in dissipating energy. This study aims to model an industrial MSF process validated against real data and then investigate the exergy destruction and thermodynamic limitations of the process. As a case study, Azzour MSF seawater desalination plant, located in Al Khiran in Kuwait is under the focus. A comprehensive model is developed by analysing several published models. Specifically, the calculation of exergy destruction has embedded both physical and chemical exergies that identified as a strong point of the model developed. As expected, the highest exergy destruction (55.5%) occurs within the heat recovery section followed by the brine heater with exergy destruction of 28.26% of the total exergy destruction. This study identifies the sections of the industrial process that cause the highest energy losses.","PeriodicalId":9935,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Product and Process Modeling","volume":"18 1","pages":"73 - 95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48050090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hesam Salimi, Neda Hashemipour, J. Karimi-Sabet, Younes Amini
{"title":"Appling the computational fluid dynamics studies of the thermogravitational column for N2-CO2 and He-Ar gas mixtures separation","authors":"Hesam Salimi, Neda Hashemipour, J. Karimi-Sabet, Younes Amini","doi":"10.1515/cppm-2021-0036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/cppm-2021-0036","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In the present work, three-Dimensional stationary numerical simulations were accomplished for a deeper understanding of the gas mixtures separation by the thermogravitational column. To address the optimum condition and examine the limitation of the process, the thermogravitational column behavior has been thoroughly analyzed. First, the simulation model was validated by the experimental results of Youssef et al. then the model was developed for the pilot column. The mixture of helium-argon was chosen as feed composition. It was concluded that the variation of the separation factor in relation to pressure for both columns was almost the same. The optimum condition verified as p = 0.2 atm , θ = 0.4 , m ° = 4 SCCM $p=0.2text{atm},theta =0.4,m{}^{circ}=4hspace{0.17em}text{SCCM}$ .","PeriodicalId":9935,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Product and Process Modeling","volume":"18 1","pages":"33 - 50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47033792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An enhanced feedback-feedforward control scheme for process industries","authors":"Manish Yadav, H. Patel","doi":"10.1515/cppm-2021-0016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/cppm-2021-0016","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this article, a unified control scheme is proposed for dead-time compensation and disturbance rejection via feedback and feedforward controller. The objectives of this work are suggested in two folds, first tuning of fractional order feedback controller via delayed Bode’s ideal transfer function instead of conventional Bode’s ideal transfer function with the benefits of dead time compensator and second feedforward controller for disturbance rejection. An existing method is utilized for comparison with the proposed scheme. To examine the efficacy of the proposed method robustness test is also carried out via sensitivity analysis. For quantifiable evaluation of the proposed scheme Integral Absolute Error (IAE) and Integral Square Error (ISE) are utilized. For the usefulness of the proposed scheme, two practical problems are demonstrated in this paper. The limpidity and instinctive appeal of the proposed scheme make it beautiful for industrial applications.","PeriodicalId":9935,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Product and Process Modeling","volume":"18 1","pages":"19 - 31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47024487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Bustamante, Beatriz S. M. Bastos, J. S. de Oliveira, B. F. Santos
{"title":"Nonlinear autoregressive-moving average-L2 (NARMA-L2) controller for multivariable ball mill plant","authors":"R. Bustamante, Beatriz S. M. Bastos, J. S. de Oliveira, B. F. Santos","doi":"10.1515/cppm-2021-0031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/cppm-2021-0031","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Mineral processing facilities concern an enormous amount of dynamically complex unit operations (due to nonlinearities), for instance ball mill system. Normally, these processes need multivariable controllers to smooth actions by designing for plant constraints such as deadtimes and dynamics interactions. The present work presents a comparison between a classical PI and nonlinear moving average autoregressive-linearization level 2 (NARMA-L2) controllers based on artificial neural network (ANN) for a ball mill system. The manipulated variables of this plant are the rotation velocity (Vr) and the feeding weight (Wf), while the controlled parameters are the hold up (HU) and the mass fraction under 45 μm (P45). The simulation was built in the MATLAB software (Simulink), comparing the actions of PI and NARMA-L2 controllers in the face of operational changes in specific regions (constraints). The performance of proposed controllers was verified by the integral of absolute error (IAE), integral of squared error (ISE), or the integral of time-weighted absolute error (ITAE). The results of simulation showed the validity of the model obtained and the control technique proposed in this paper, which contributes to studies of multivariate controller designs for ball mills with significant applications. Additionally, this paper brings a first hybrid approach (PI/NARMA-L2) with successful implementation described in the literature.","PeriodicalId":9935,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Product and Process Modeling","volume":"18 1","pages":"1 - 17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43485883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Environmental and thermodynamic performance assessment of biomass gasification process for hydrogen production in a downdraft gasifier","authors":"Tayebeh Marzoughi, F. Samimi, M. Rahimpour","doi":"10.1515/cppm-2021-0029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/cppm-2021-0029","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Gasification is one of the most efficient techniques for sustainable hydrogen production from biomass. In this study, a comparative performance analysis of the gasification process using various types of biomass materials was undertaken via thermodynamic approach. Air, steam, and air/steam as the traditional gasifying agents were applied to provide an opportunity to choose the most proper agent in the process. This paper also evaluates the environmental impacts of the process in terms of CO2 emission by using Aspen Energy Analyzer. The effects of agent to biomass molar ratio, agent inlet temperature, moisture content of biomass material, and gasification temperature were estimated based on the producer gas compositions, hydrogen yield and heating values. The results indicate that the highest hydrogen yield (0.074 g H2/g biomass) was obtained in the steam gasification of plastic, while air gasification of paper generates the lowest one. It was also observed that manure is the most beneficial from environmental perspectives, while tire and plastic have the highest contribution to CO2 emission and consequently global warming. The higher values of hydrogen production and LHV of produced gas are associated respectively with using steam, air/steam, and air as the gasification agents. The lowest value of CO2 emission is obtained for air, air/steam, and steam as the gasifying agents, respectively.","PeriodicalId":9935,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Product and Process Modeling","volume":"17 1","pages":"637 - 654"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/cppm-2021-0029","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41812370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A comparative study of various Smith predictor configurations for industrial delay processes","authors":"Vijaya Lakshmi Korupu, Manimozhi Muthukumarasamy","doi":"10.1515/cppm-2021-0026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1515/cppm-2021-0026","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Efficient control of industrial delay processes is a challenging problem in the field of process control. Time delays are generally experienced in industrial processes from distance velocity lags, composition analysis loops, recycle time, mass, and energy transportation time. A high time delay adds a large phase lag to the system, thereby affecting the closed-loop control system stability and thus not easily controlled with PID approach. Smith predictor (SP) is a prominent technique based on process model for processes with high time delay. Unfortunately, the performance of SP deteriorates when the plant model is inaccurate. To overcome the problems related to conventional SP, various modifications have been suggested over the years in terms of structure alterations and controller parameters tuning improvements. This paper focuses on a comparative study of various Smith predictor configurations available in the literature for controlling inverse, integrating, stable and unstable industrial processes with time delay.","PeriodicalId":9935,"journal":{"name":"Chemical Product and Process Modeling","volume":"17 1","pages":"701 - 732"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2021-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/cppm-2021-0026","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48454466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}