Combining pinch and exergy analysis for process modifications.

Type of article: Article

Summary

The strength of pinch analysis is that system information can be represented using simple diagrams and thus targets for the system under consideration can be readily obtained prior to design. In contrast, the power of exergy analysis is that it can identify the major causes of thermodynamic imperfection of thermal and chemical processes and thus promising modifications can be determined effectively. By combining the strengths of both methods, the proposed method can represent a whole system, including individual units on one diagram, which helps to screen the promising modifications quickly for improving a base case design.

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Original title: Combining pinch and exergy analysis for process modifications.
Record ID : 1998-0090
Languages: English
Source: Applied Thermal Engineering - vol. 17 - n. 3
Publication date: 1997/03

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Themes: Thermodynamics and changes of state;
Heat transfer
Keywords: Thermodynamics; Exergy; Energy; Heat transfer; Process; Optimization; Enthalpy; Thermodynamic cycle