September 18th, 2019 (Calgary), January 30th, 2020 (Edmonton)
• Industrial context for industrial heat recovery
• Process integration: a systematic approach for heat recovery
• Benefits of process integration for Canadian industry
• Overview of the steps in a process integration study
• Overview of the INTEGRATION software
• Review of calculation of heat exchanger duty, heat exchanger network representation (grid diagrams), and other foundational concepts
_Data extraction
▪ Review of theory
▪ Exercise 1: Data extraction for 2-reactor example
▪ Exercise 2: Data extraction for atmospheric tower crude
distillation unit
_Composite curves
▪ Construction of the composite curves: theory, and using INTEGRATION software
▪ Exercise 3: Constructing composite curves for low temperature separation process
▪ Selection of minimum approach temperature
▪ Analysis of composite curves
_Heat exchanger network design theory
▪ Exercise 4: Heat exchanger network design for LTS process
▪ Case Study 1: Atmospheric tower crude distillation unit redesign
_Special cases
▪ Construction of the residual energy curve
▪ Addition of heat pumps and cogeneration
▪ The threshold problem (only hot or cold utility required)
▪ Quasi-pinch or parallel composite curves
• Heat recovery in compressed air or gas systems
▪ Main components of gas compression systems
▪ Exercise 1: Analysis of compressed air system parameters
▪ Heat recovery options
▪ Exercise 2: Heat recovery from intercooler and aftercooler
▪ Conclusions
_In-depth case study: milk processing with 2 production lines
▪ Introduction of current design and problem
▪ Part 1: data extraction for lines 1 and 2
▪ Part 2: construction of composite curves using INTEGRATION
▪ Part 3: pinch analysis of existing heat exchanger network
using INTEGRATION
▪ Part 4: Integrate lines 1 and 2 jointly versus separately
▪ Part 5: Manual redesign of existing heat exchanger network
Line 1
Line 2 (challenging)
▪ Part 6: Redesign of existing heat exchanger network with INTEGRATION software
_Heat recovery in the steam production system
▪ Overview of steam production in industry
▪ Main components of steam production systems
▪ Basic principles of combustion
▪ Other components of steam production system
▪ Exercise 1: Analysis of steam production system parameters
▪ Boiler performance and sources of inefficiency
▪ Opportunities for heat recovery
▪ Exercise 2: Blowdown heat recovery
▪ Flue gas heat recovery
▪ Exercise 3: Feedwater preheater
▪ Exercise 4: Condensing economizer
▪ Conclusions
_Next steps
▪ Follow-up webinar
▪ Available subsidies for process integration studies
October 2nd, 2019 (Calgary), February 20th, 2020 (Edmonton)
_Answers to follow-up questions from in-person training
_Advanced data extraction presentation
▪ How to extract data from a wide range of equipment and processes
_Heat recovery from refrigeration systems
▪ Overview of refrigeration in industry
▪ Operating principles of refrigeration system
▪ Main components of a refrigeration system
▪ Exercise 1: Analysis of refrigeration system parameters
▪ Opportunities for heat recovery
▪ Exercise 2: Heat recovery from desuperheater
▪ Exercise 3: Subcooling heat recovery
o Conclusions
MSc, PhD, MBA
Licensed by NRCan
(Process Ecology)
BASc
Licensed by NRCan (RER Energy)
$ 1,500
Includes:
Course binder, INTEGRATION software, lunch, coffee breaks
info@processecology.com
(403)-690-0550
(514)-564-9089
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(514)-564-9089
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