基于内部热耦合精馏塔非线性wave模型的高纯控制

首先建立内部热耦合精馏塔（ITCDIC）的非线性波动降阶模型,并将非线性波动理论（wave）应用到ITCDIC控制问题中,实现一般模型控制（GMC）方案.与传统控制方案相比,基于波动理论的一般模型控制（waveGMC）不再采用ITCDIC的近似线性模型,更好地解决了高纯控制过程中的非线性问题,通过对波形的速度和位置控制能够在短时间内使系统达到稳定.苯-甲苯物系的实例研究表明,ITCDIC波动模型在高纯控制过程中能够精确反映ITCDIC的动态特征,waveGMC控制方案较传统控制方案更加稳定可靠.     

内部热耦合反应精馏塔塔构型的研究

以乙酸甲酯水解为例,利用模拟软件Aspen Plus建立了内部热耦合反应精馏塔模型,研究了内部热耦合反应精馏塔各种可能塔构型的节能效果,并且在相同的产品要求和最小传热温差下对内部热耦合反应精馏塔各构型的能耗进行了对比。结果表明,塔构型对乙酸甲酯水解的内部热耦合反应精馏流程的操作性能有重要的影响,并且存在最佳构型。其最佳构型的特征为,反应段全部在内部热耦合反应精馏塔的精馏塔内且精馏塔与提馏塔中理论板均参与传热的塔构型。     

基于内模控制的内部热耦合精馏策略

精馏过程约占工业总能耗的1/3,其节能控制潜力很大。内部热耦合精馏(ITCDIC)是迄今为止所提出的节能效果最好(比常规精馏节能40%以上)却没有商业化的节能技术。主要原因在于该过程具有较强的非线性、复杂的动态特性以及耦合性,给控制方案的设计带来了极大的困难。通过建立更为精确的二阶内部模型,提出了一种有效的ITCDIC内模控制方案。实例研究结果表明,与传统控制方案PID相比,控制品质更加稳定可靠;同时,与目前国际上公开报道的最好结果相比,该控制方案有更广泛的操作域,鲁棒性更强。     

内部热耦合精馏塔节能特性研究

以苯-甲苯作为分离物系,对内部热耦合精馏塔进行模拟计算。模拟结果表明内部热耦合精馏塔的温度及液相流率分布等特性与传统精馏塔存在较大差异,分析讨论了压缩比对内部热耦合精馏塔特性的影响。文章对精馏装置节能改建具有重要指导意义。     

内部热耦合精馏塔的操作性能与模拟

对同轴式内部热耦合精馏塔的操作性能和节能效果进行了研究,考察了全回流操作条件下,压缩比对回流量、冷凝器负荷和再沸器负荷的影响。结果表明,随着压缩比的增大,回流量、冷凝器负荷和再沸器负荷均降低。通过实验数据计算得到了该塔的理论板数和两塔间的传热量,精馏段为9块理论板,提馏段为4块理论板,当压缩比为2.2:1时,两塔间传热量为9.98kW。连续操作条件下,对内部热耦合精馏塔的节能效果进行了分析,通过与常规精馏塔的比较,内部热耦合精馏塔可节约52.3%的冷量,输入的再沸器和压缩机总负荷可节约20.34%。另外,基于实验数据,对该内部热耦合精馏塔进行了动态模拟,经连续操作下的实验验证,该内部热耦合精馏塔可在2h后达到稳定操作。     

内部热耦合精馏塔构型研究

以丙烯-丙烷分离过程为例,研究了4种内部热耦合精馏塔的性能,并与常规精馏塔和热泵精馏塔进行了比较。结果发现,不同构型的内部热耦合精馏塔之间性能差异很大,其中提馏段与精馏段上端对齐,逐板进行热交换的构型性能最佳,其有效能耗比热泵精馏塔低25%—40%,节能效果显著。还探讨了内部热耦合精馏塔的压缩比与换热面积的关系,压缩比越小,换热面积越大,换热面积的逐板分布越不均匀。     

热耦合精馏工艺的模拟

为了进一步了解热耦合精馏工艺的适用范围,同时寻找其中经济性较优的工艺流程,本文利用Aspen Plus流程模拟软件,针对相对挥发度依次递增的四组二元物系(苯-氟苯、苯-正庚烷、苯-甲苯、苯-氯苯)分别开展了常规精馏和4种热耦合精馏工艺(热泵精馏塔、理想内部热耦合精馏塔、内部热耦合精馏塔简化构型、差压热耦合精馏塔)的模拟研究,过程优化的目标函数为年均总费用最低。通过优化结果的对比可知,热耦合精馏工艺在分离相对挥发度较小的物系时能耗相对较低,经济性相对较好,其中又以热泵精馏塔和差压热耦合精馏塔的效果最为显著;而在相对挥发度较大的物系分离中,常规精馏则是较为合适的工艺选择。此外,随着投资回收期的减小,热耦合精馏工艺相对于常规精馏工艺的优势也有所下降。     

外部热耦合复合精馏塔的经济性与可控性评价

外部热耦合复合精馏塔系统是一种新型的精馏塔系统,通过操作在不同压力下的两个精馏塔的精馏段和提馏段之间的热传递来提高热力学效率。根据精馏段和提馏段热耦合的相对位置不同,外部热耦合复合精馏塔系统可分为对称型和非对称型两种结构。为便于设计和实现,可用外部换热器替代外部热耦合得到简化的结构。本文以乙烯乙烷物系分离过程为对象,通过对外部热耦合复合精馏塔系统建立了静动态模型,采用四点控制的方法,对三种结构的外部热耦合复合精馏塔的经济性和可控性两方面做了分析,证明了非对称型优于对称型外部热耦合复合精馏塔。同时,对使用外部换热器简化外部热耦合结构的方法提供了理论依据和参考。     

内部热耦合空分塔的节能优化分析

内部热耦合精馏是迄今为止所提出的节能效果最好,而唯一没有商业化的节能技术。将内部热耦合技术用于空分塔,可以带来良好的节能效果。根据低温空气分离过程以及三组分精馏的特点,提出了一种新的内部热耦合空分精馏塔优化模型。在优化模型基础上,对热耦合塔进行了深入的节能优化与分析,并且与常规空分仿真结果进行了比较分析,压缩机能耗下降20.75%,产值增加17.46%,单位产值能耗下降32.53%。内部热耦合空分塔的提取率以及能耗均优于常规热耦合空分塔,节能效果显著。     

基于塔总组合曲线的内部热耦合精馏塔优化设计方法

基于塔总组合曲线（CGCC）,提出了一种简化内部热耦合精馏塔（HIDiC）结构的图形设计方法。在完成精馏段（或提馏段）单塔段中间换热器优化设置的基础上,结合精馏段与提馏段CGCC的集成图,以HIDiC的可减小过程总（火用）损为目标,确定HIDiC热耦合中间换热器的最优设计。以苯乙烯-乙苯HIDiC为例,计算结果表明,设置中间换热器后,HIDiC可减小过程总（火用）损最大值为1.951 MW,HIDiC的冷凝器、再沸器负荷分别下降63.6%和68.4%;热耦合中间换热器分别设置于精馏段第2、12、和38块塔板,提馏段第20、28和36块塔板,热负荷依次为0.841、1.496和2.053 MW。     

Adaptive generalised predictive control of high purity internal thermally coupled distillation column

Internal thermally coupled distillation column (ITCDIC) is a frontier in the energy‐saving distillation researches. One of the bottlenecks to prevent the column from being commercialised is the difficulty in control design due to the high sensitivity to disturbances, strong asymmetric nonlinearity and inverse response especially under high purity. An adaptive multivariable generalised predictive control (AM‐GPC) strategy of ITCDIC process is proposed to solve the difficulties in high purity. The simulation results of AM‐GPC are compared with single input and single output GPC (S‐GPC), multivariable GPC (M‐GPC), modified IMC (M‐IMC) and traditional PID control in detail. The performances confirm the accuracy and validity of AM‐GPC for the high‐purity ITCDIC process. © 2011 Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering     

Adaptive Robust Generic Model Control of High‐Purity Internal Thermally Coupled Distillation Column

The internal thermally coupled distillation column (ITCDIC) is a frontier in energy‐saving distillation research. The process inside a high‐purity ITCDIC is of great nonlinear dynamics, which trouble the conventional control schemes. A multivariable adaptive robust generic model control (ARGMC) is presented to solve the difficulties, where an ARX model is derived and a recursive least squares estimation (RLSE) method is introduced. The benzene/toluene system is studied as an illustrative example. The results of ARGMC are compared with the robust generic model control (RGMC) and traditional PID control in detail. The performances in both servo control and regulatory control confirm the accuracy and validity of ARGMC for the high‐purity ITCDIC process.     

Nonlinear wave modeling and dynamic analysis of internal thermally coupled distillation columns

Internal thermally coupled distillation column (ITCDIC) is a frontier in the energy saving distillation research. It is well known for the complex dynamics, which challenge the establishment of an excellent reduced model for further control strategy design greatly. In this article, a physical approach of the ITCDIC process based on nonlinear wave theory is explored, where it is first discovered that traditional wave theory in conventional distillation columns (CDIC) could not be directly applied in ITCDIC, due to: First, the internal thermal coupling results in mole flow rates varying evidently over each stage, which not only makes the wave modeling of the wave phenomenon in ITCDIC more difficult but also makes wave dynamics greatly different between ITCDIC and CDIC; Second, an interesting wave phenomenon of ITCDIC is discovered that waves located in the rectifying section and stripping section travel under opposite tendencies when the steady state is disturbed by the step change of thermal condition q, one sharpens and the other is likely to spread synchronously, it means the movement of wave profiles in ITCDIC could not be simply described by shock wave velocity, which is usually used in wave modeling of CDIC; more seriously, shapes of the self‐sharpening wave profiles in ITCDIC change obviously during the traveling processes, which further reveals that shape influence on wave velocity has to be considered in the wave modeling of ITCDIC. A rigorous wave velocity and a natural wave velocity are derived, respectively, based on which, the detailed analyses of traveling wave characteristics are carried out. A novel wave velocity, based on the profile trial function which has been well developed by Marquardt, is further derived to consider the obvious change of profile shape. And a completed nonlinear wave model of ITCDIC is thereby established by combining the proposed wave velocity with thermal coupling relations and material balance relations. The benzene‐toluene system is illustrated as an example, where component concentration prediction and distinct dynamic characteristics are carried out in detail based on the proposed nonlinear wave models. The research results reveal the accuracy and validity of the proposed nonlinear wave model of ITCDIC. © 2011 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2012     

内部热耦合精馏塔基于非理想物系的最优评价

Internal thermally coupled distillation column(ITCDIC) is a frontier in energy saving distillation research. In this paper, the optimal assessment on the energy saving and the operating cost for ITCDIC of nonideal mixture is explored. An evaluating method is proposed, and the pertinent optimization model is then derived. The ethanol-water system is studied as an illustrative example. The optimization results show that the maximum energy saving in ITCDIC process is about 35% and the maximum operating cost saving in ITCDIC process is about 30%,as compared with a conventional distillation column(CDIC) under the minimum reflux ratio operating; the optimal operating pressure of the rectifying section is found to be around 0.25 MPa; the effects of the feed composition,operating pressure and the heat transfer rate on operation are also found and analyzed. It is revealed that ITCDIC process possesses high energy saving potential and promising economical prospect.     

分子蒸馏技术分离纯化橘皮油中苧烯的研究

为探讨用分子蒸馏技术从橘皮油中提取高品质苧烯的最优工艺条件,采用二级蒸馏分离,以苧烯的得率和纯度为考察指标,在单因素试验的基础上,采用L_9(3~4)正交试验来确定蒸馏压力、蒸馏温度、进料速度、刮膜转速四个因素的最佳组合工艺条件。在二级分子蒸馏选择蒸馏压力为40 Pa,进料速度1.5 mL/min,蒸馏温度为80℃,刮膜转速为280 r/min的条件下,可获得纯度高达99%,得率达到86.54%的苧烯。该工艺操作稳定可靠,便于控制,环保且易于实现工业化。     

Thermodynamic analysis, simulationand optimization on energy savings of ideal internal thermally coupleddistillation columns

Internal thermally coupled distillation columns (ITCDIC) are the frontier of distillation energy saving research. In this paper, a novel energy saving model of ideal ITCDIC and a simulation algorithm are presented,upon which a series of comparative studies on energy savings with conventional distillation columns are carried out. Furthermore, we present an optimization model of ideal ITCDIC, which can be used to achieve the maximum energy saving and find the optimal design parameters directly. The binary system of benzene-toluene is adopted for the illustrative example of simulation and optimization. The results show that the maximum energy saving of ITCDIC is 52.25% (compared with energy consumption of conventional distillation under the minimum reflux ratio operation); the optimal design parameters are obtained, where the rectifying section pressure and the feed thermal condition are Pr=0.3006 MPa and q=0.5107 respectively.     

Design and control of butyl acrylate reactive distillation column system

In this study, the design and control of a reactive distillation column system for the production of butyl acrylate has been investigated. The proposed design is quite simple including only one reactive distillation column and an overhead decanter. The optimal design is selected based on the minimization of total annual cost (TAC) for the overall system. At this optimized flowsheet condition, output multiplicity was found with reboiler duty or feed ratio as the bifurcation parameter. The highest purity stable steady state was selected as the base case condition for the control study. The overall control of this system can be achieved with no on-line composition measurements. Simple single-point tray temperature control loop is designed to infer final product purity. From results of dynamic simulation, the proposed control strategy performs very well in rejecting various disturbances while maintaining butyl acrylate product at high purity. One of the important finding in this paper is that it is better to operate this reactive distillation column not at the exact feed stoichiometric balance point for better operability reason. The control performances of the proposed operating point and the operating condition right at the exact stoichiometric balance point will be compared.     

Generalized generic model control of high‐purity internal thermally coupled distillation column based on nonlinear wave theory

A new model‐based control strategy for the internal thermally coupled distillation column (ITCDIC) is presented. Based on the nonlinear wave theory that describes the nonlinear dynamics in the separation processes, a simplified nonlinear wave model is established that concerns both the wave propagation and the profile shape. An advanced controller (WGGMC) is formulated by combining the nonlinear wave model with a generalized generic model control (GGMC). Compared with a conventional generic model controller based on a data‐driven model (TGMC), and another wave‐model based generic model controller (WGMC) developed in our previous work, WGGMC exhibits the best performances in both servo control and regulatory control. Furthermore, WGGMC can handle a very‐high‐purity system of ITCDIC with top product composition of 0.99999, while the other two controllers fail to work. © 2013 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 59: 4133–4141, 2013     

二异丁烯反应精馏生产过程控制策略设计

二异丁烯是一种重要的化工中间体,近年来研究者提出了以催化裂化C₄为原料、采用反应精馏技术同时生产高纯二异丁烯和汽油添加剂的新工艺。由于反应精馏过程中非线性程度高,稳定控制困难,使得采用反应精馏技术生产二异丁烯过程的控制策略研究较少。采用Aspen dynamic软件进行动态模拟,针对反应精馏生产二异丁烯过程开发了温度控制方案、组分温度联合控制方案和组分温度串级控制方案。对3个控制系统进行（±10）%的进料流量扰动和（±5）%组成扰动测试并进行对比。结果表明：组分温度串级控制方案在添加扰动的情况下依然保证了二异丁烯质量分数99%,三异丁烯质量分数小于10%以及异丁烯转化率大于99%的要求,并且最终稳定时间约5 h,具有更好的抗干扰性能。研究结果能够为二异丁烯产品的生产工艺工业化应用提供设计依据。