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Meeting the Fixed Water Demand of MSF Desalination using Scheduling in gPROMS

Sowgath, Md Tanvir
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2015
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MSF; Desalination; Dynamic optimisation; gPROMS; Fixed water demand; Operational schedule
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Multi-Stage Flash (MSF) desalination process has been used for decades for making fresh water from seawater and is the largest sector in desalination industries. In this work, dynamic optimisation of MSF desalination is carried out using powerful and robust dynamic simulation and optimisation software called gPROMS model builder. For a fixed freshwater demand, a number of optimal combinations of the factors such as heat transfer area, brine flow rate, cooling water flow rate, steam flow in brine heater, Top Brine Temperature, the number of stages, etc. are determined with the objective of maximising the performance ratio of the process (defined as the amount of fresh water produced per unit of energy input) considering the seasonal variations. An attempt has been made to develop an operational schedule for a particular day using dynamic optimisation.
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Sowgath MT and Mujtaba IM (2015) Meeting the Fixed Water Demand of MSF Desalination using Scheduling in gPROMS. Chemical Engineering Transactions. 45: 451-456.
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