Mass Integration
Mass integration is a systematic methodology that provides a fundamental understanding of the global flow of mass within a manufacturing process and employs this holistic understanding in identifying performance targets and optimizing the generation and routing of species through the process.
Water Pinch
Water Pinch is a systematic technique for analyzing water networks and identifying projects to increase the efficient use of water in industrial processes. Advanced applications make use of sophisticated algorithms to identify and optimize the best water reuse, regeneration (partial treatment of process water that allows its reuse), and effluent treatment opportunities.
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Water & Wastewater Minimization (Single & Multiple Contaminant)
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Simultaneous Energy & Water Conservation
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Distributed Cooling Systems
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Effluent Treatment & Regeneration Systems (New Design – Debottlenecking)
Hydrogen Pinch
The Hydrogen Pinch approach can incorporate the economics of hydrogen supply, process yield, and capital investment, resulting in practical and economically viable solutions that meet the new specifications required of today's process industries. The approach identifies the optimum hydrogen network which maximizes process revenue in terms of hydrogen system operating costs and production benefits, while minimizing capital investment. As a further benefit, minimizing operating costs also reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
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Oil Refinery Hydrogen Network (New design – Retrofit)
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Hydrogen Integration in Petrochemical Complexes
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Hydrogen Network & Energy Systems
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Mathematical Programming of Hydrogen Networks (Operational Optimization)
Oxygen Pinch
The strive to design more cost efficient waste treatment systems inspired yet another extension of the pinch principle – the Oxygen Pinch Analysis. The idea was to target prior to design the ideal minimum oxygen demands for micro-organisms aeration. Flowsheet and design changes were suggested based on the target. Agitation and other forms of aeration require energy, so finally, the analysis based on oxygen pinch principles leads again to their original application associated with energy conservation.
The method also provides other indicators – quantitative targets for oxygen solubility, residence time, and oxidation energy load. In a follow-up development, a combined Water-and-Oxygen Pinch Analysis has been proposed. By combining the two criteria, up to 30 % cost savings for the wastewater treatment could be achieved.
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Oxygen Minimization in Waste Degradation
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Oxygen Minimization in Wastewater Treatment