Performance modification of refrigeration systems of gas refinery plants using thermal integration

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran

2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran Postal Code: 34148 – 96818, Qazvin, Iran.

3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran

Abstract

In recent years saving energy has become of the most crucial topics in the entire energy industry. In the past several decades, by decreasing the fossil fuel sources, the energy crisis has become one of the most important issues of the world. Thermal integration in the plant is one of the methods that can be used for performance modification and energy saving in industrial units. Natural gas processing plants are one of the biggest industrial units. In these processes, a refrigeration system is used for the required. In current study, refrigeration system of propane facility of a typical gas refinery plant has been investigated using combined pinch and exergy method. The results show that, with correction of temperature levels of refrigeration systems, power consumption of system decreases about 16%.

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Journal of Renewable and New Energy
Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 4
September 2015
Pages 42-47

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  • Receive Date: 01 August 2017
  • Accept Date: 01 August 2017

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