INVESTIGADORES
BLANCO Anibal Manuel
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
SIMULTANEOUS DESIGN AND SCHEDULING OF MULTIPLE EFFECT EVAPORATION SYSTEMS
Autor/es:
HELUANE HUMBERTO; BLANCO ANÍBAL M.; HERNÁNDEZ MARIA ROSA; BANDONI J. ALBERTO
Lugar:
Boston - USA
Reunión:
Congreso; FOCAPO 2008; 2008
Resumen:
Evaporation is a key operation in many industries and it is known to be one of the major energy
consumers within the processes. During the operation, solid deposits on the heat exchange surfaces
(fouling) with the consequent increase in heat transfer resistance. Therefore, periodic shutdowns of the
trains of evaporators are required for the cleaning of the units in order to recover acceptable
performance. In this contribution the simultaneous design and scheduling problem of a multiple effect
evaporator system is addressed. The problem is formulated to optimize downstream product quality
while processing as much as raw material as available upstream. A sugar cane industry evaporation
system is presented as a case study.