Methoxy‐methylheptane as a cleaner fuel additive: An energy‐ and cost‐efficient enhancement for separation and purification units
Abstract Environmental protection agencies have begun imposing stringent regulations on the existing refineries to control the levels of gasoline additives. In this context, a novel compound, 2‐methoxy‐2‐methylheptane (MMH), had drawn attention as fuel additive for cleaner combustion. The convention...
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| author | Arif Hussain Muhammad Abdul Qyyum Le Quang Minh Amjad Riaz Junaid Haider Muhammad Naqvi Salman Raza Naqvi Moonyong Lee |
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| description | Abstract Environmental protection agencies have begun imposing stringent regulations on the existing refineries to control the levels of gasoline additives. In this context, a novel compound, 2‐methoxy‐2‐methylheptane (MMH), had drawn attention as fuel additive for cleaner combustion. The conventional process of MMH production features three distillation columns in a direct sequence. These columns are used to maintain the required product purities and to utilize the unreacted reactants through recycling streams. The distillation system of the existing MMH plant can afford significant energy savings, leading to a reduction in the total annual costs (TAC). The aim of this investigation is to demonstrate that the reported conventional process can be significantly enhanced by modifying the design and operational parameters and by replacing two distillation columns with an intensified dividing wall column (DWC) configuration. The DWC design is further optimized using several algorithms such as the modified coordinate method (MCD), robust particle swarm paradigm (PSP), and firefly (FF) with nonlinear constraints. Compared to conventional process, the optimized DWC resulted in 24% and 11.5% savings in the plant operating and total annual costs, respectively. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-423096ab51e44082bf3ff43bf10885432022-12-21T21:30:01ZengWileyEnergy Science & Engineering2050-05052021-09-01991632164610.1002/ese3.894Methoxy‐methylheptane as a cleaner fuel additive: An energy‐ and cost‐efficient enhancement for separation and purification unitsArif Hussain0Muhammad Abdul Qyyum1Le Quang Minh2Amjad Riaz3Junaid Haider4Muhammad Naqvi5Salman Raza Naqvi6Moonyong Lee7Process Systems Design & Control Laboratory School of Chemical Engineering Yeungnam University Gyeongsan South KoreaProcess Systems Design & Control Laboratory School of Chemical Engineering Yeungnam University Gyeongsan South KoreaDepartment of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering West Virginia University Morgantown WV USAProcess Systems Design & Control Laboratory School of Chemical Engineering Yeungnam University Gyeongsan South KoreaProcess Systems Design & Control Laboratory School of Chemical Engineering Yeungnam University Gyeongsan South KoreaDepartment of Engineering and Chemical Sciences Karlstad University Karlstad SwedenSchool of Chemical & Materials Engineering National University of Sciences & Technology Islamabad PakistanProcess Systems Design & Control Laboratory School of Chemical Engineering Yeungnam University Gyeongsan South KoreaAbstract Environmental protection agencies have begun imposing stringent regulations on the existing refineries to control the levels of gasoline additives. In this context, a novel compound, 2‐methoxy‐2‐methylheptane (MMH), had drawn attention as fuel additive for cleaner combustion. The conventional process of MMH production features three distillation columns in a direct sequence. These columns are used to maintain the required product purities and to utilize the unreacted reactants through recycling streams. The distillation system of the existing MMH plant can afford significant energy savings, leading to a reduction in the total annual costs (TAC). The aim of this investigation is to demonstrate that the reported conventional process can be significantly enhanced by modifying the design and operational parameters and by replacing two distillation columns with an intensified dividing wall column (DWC) configuration. The DWC design is further optimized using several algorithms such as the modified coordinate method (MCD), robust particle swarm paradigm (PSP), and firefly (FF) with nonlinear constraints. Compared to conventional process, the optimized DWC resulted in 24% and 11.5% savings in the plant operating and total annual costs, respectively.https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.894dividing wall columnfirefly optimizationmethoxy‐methylheptane processparticle swarm paradigmtotal annual cost |
| spellingShingle | Arif Hussain Muhammad Abdul Qyyum Le Quang Minh Amjad Riaz Junaid Haider Muhammad Naqvi Salman Raza Naqvi Moonyong Lee Methoxy‐methylheptane as a cleaner fuel additive: An energy‐ and cost‐efficient enhancement for separation and purification units Energy Science & Engineering dividing wall column firefly optimization methoxy‐methylheptane process particle swarm paradigm total annual cost |
| title | Methoxy‐methylheptane as a cleaner fuel additive: An energy‐ and cost‐efficient enhancement for separation and purification units |
| title_full | Methoxy‐methylheptane as a cleaner fuel additive: An energy‐ and cost‐efficient enhancement for separation and purification units |
| title_fullStr | Methoxy‐methylheptane as a cleaner fuel additive: An energy‐ and cost‐efficient enhancement for separation and purification units |
| title_full_unstemmed | Methoxy‐methylheptane as a cleaner fuel additive: An energy‐ and cost‐efficient enhancement for separation and purification units |
| title_short | Methoxy‐methylheptane as a cleaner fuel additive: An energy‐ and cost‐efficient enhancement for separation and purification units |
| title_sort | methoxy methylheptane as a cleaner fuel additive an energy and cost efficient enhancement for separation and purification units |
| topic | dividing wall column firefly optimization methoxy‐methylheptane process particle swarm paradigm total annual cost |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ese3.894 |
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