Publication detail

Process synthesis with simultaneous consideration of inherent safety-inherent risk footprint

Nemet, A., Klemeš, J.J., Kravanja, Z.

Original Title

Process synthesis with simultaneous consideration of inherent safety-inherent risk footprint

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Process plants should be designed to be economically viable and environmentally friendly, while also being operable and maintainable during process implementation. The safety of processes is among the most important considerations in obtaining results that are more acceptably realistic, as it is linked to the availability and reliability of the process. Inherent safety can effectively be enhanced in the early stages of the design, when the main decisions on process design are made. The aim of this study is to enhance and select the appropriate risk assessment method and to incorporate it into process synthesis, using a mathematical programming approach. A mixed-integer, nonlinear programming (MINLP) model was used for the synthesis of a methanol production process, considering risk assessment during the synthesis. Risk assessment is performed simultaneously with the MINLP process synthesis, where the risk is determined either for the whole process as overall risk, or on a per unitof- a-product basis. For the latter, a new measurement is proposed: the inherent risk footprint. The results of a case study led to two main conclusions: (i) Significantly safer designs can be obtained at negligible economic expense, and (ii) at higher production capacities, a lower inherent risk footprint can be achieved. The results also indicate that designs obtained using this method can have significantly increased inherent safety, while remaining economically viable.

Keywords

inherent safety; process design; simultaneous risk assessment; risk footprint; methanol process

Authors

Nemet, A., Klemeš, J.J., Kravanja, Z.

Released

1. 12. 2018

Publisher

SPRINGER, 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA

Location

SPRINGER, 233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA

ISBN

2095-0179

Periodical

Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering

Year of study

4

Number

12

State

People's Republic of China

Pages from

745

Pages to

762

Pages count

18

URL

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11705-018-1779-7

BibTex

@article{BUT169901,
  author="Jiří {Klemeš}",
  title="Process synthesis with simultaneous consideration of inherent safety-inherent risk footprint",
  journal="Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering",
  year="2018",
  volume="4",
  number="12",
  pages="745--762",
  doi="10.1007/s11705-018-1779-7",
  issn="2095-0179",
  url="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11705-018-1779-7"
}