The theory and practice of energy saving in the chemical industry: Some methods for reducing thermodynamic irreversibility in chemical technology processes

Energy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-97

  Leites, I L ^a   Sama, D A ^b   Lior, N ^c  

^a State Institute for Nitrogen Industry (GIAP)   (Russian Federation)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER; STRIPPING (REMOVAL);

THERMODYNAMIC IRREVERSIBILITY;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0037207625     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-5442(02)00107-X     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Revamping: Breathing new life into old ammonia plants
2. Fifth anniversary of ammonia unit E
3. Modern ammonia technology
4. Pre-reforming cases reduce reforming furnace firing requirements
5. A combination of proven technologies
6. Use the Second Law, first
7. International progress in Second Law analysis
8. Second Law analysis in practice
9. Availability: The concepts and associated terminology
10. The second way to use the Second Law
11. New concepts in thermodynamics for better chemical process design
12. A common-sense Second Law approach for improving process efficiencies
13. The use of the Second Law of thermodynamics in the design of heat exchangers, networks, and processes
14. The driving force distribution for minimum lost work in chemical reactors close to and far from equilibrium. 1. Theory
15. 2
16. Minimizing the entropy production in heat exchange
17. The application of the Second Law of thermodynamics for optimization of absorption processes to decrease the energy consumption
18. The exergetical optimization of the chemical reaction conditions
19. 12 commandments of the Second Law of thermodynamics for energy saving
20. Calculation of exergy of nonideal systems and principle of counteraction for energy saving
21. Thermodynamically reversible multicomponent rectification
22. The efective method of rectification of multicomponent mixtures
23. The optimal regeneration conditions of monoethanolamine solution at gas purification from carbon dioxide
24. The component equations of energy and exergy
25. Sources of combustion irreversibility
26. 2 solubility in mixtures monoethanolamine with organic solvents and water and commercial experience of energy saving gas purification technology