Publication detail

Optimising Energy Recovery in Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Radiata Pine and Kraft Mill Black Liquor

Ong, B.H.Y. Walmsley, T.G. Atkins, M.J. Walmsley, M.R.W. Neale, J.R. Varbanov, P.S.

English title

Optimising Energy Recovery in Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Radiata Pine and Kraft Mill Black Liquor

Type

conference paper

Language

en

Original abstract

The aim of this paper is to develop a heat exchanger network for hydrothermal liquefaction that is co-located with an existing Kraft pulp mill. Hydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL) is an energy-intensive process that operates at high temperature and pressure. Process Modelling and Pinch Analysis are used to develop a mass and heat integration system considering Total Site Integration with the Kraft pulp. The HTL process is simulated using Aspen Plus to extract and calculate the thermodynamic properties of the process. Stream data is then extracted and Pinch Analysis is applied to calculate the utility and heat recovery targets. Process data are varied to further maximise the heat recovery targets. Mass integration of compatible water-based flows is considered in this process to reduce the complexity of the Heat Exchanger Network, which is initially designed with the aid of SuperTarget™. The result showed that the procedure simplified the Heat Exchanger Network from 15 to 6 heat exchangers.

English abstract

The aim of this paper is to develop a heat exchanger network for hydrothermal liquefaction that is co-located with an existing Kraft pulp mill. Hydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL) is an energy-intensive process that operates at high temperature and pressure. Process Modelling and Pinch Analysis are used to develop a mass and heat integration system considering Total Site Integration with the Kraft pulp. The HTL process is simulated using Aspen Plus to extract and calculate the thermodynamic properties of the process. Stream data is then extracted and Pinch Analysis is applied to calculate the utility and heat recovery targets. Process data are varied to further maximise the heat recovery targets. Mass integration of compatible water-based flows is considered in this process to reduce the complexity of the Heat Exchanger Network, which is initially designed with the aid of SuperTarget™. The result showed that the procedure simplified the Heat Exchanger Network from 15 to 6 heat exchangers.

Keywords in English

Computer software; Heat exchangers; Integration; Kraft pulp; Liquefaction; Thermodynamic properties; Waste heat; Energy recovery; Heat exchanger network; High temperature and pressure; Hydrothermal liquefactions; Mass and heat integration; Mass integration; Pinch analysis; Process modelling; Computer system recovery; Heat Exchangers; Heat Recovery; Integration; Kraft Papers; Liquefaction; Mills; Processes

Released

01.08.2018

Publisher

Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC

ISSN

2283-9216

Book

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Number

70

Edition number

70

Pages from–to

1009–1014

Pages count

6

BIBTEX


@inproceedings{BUT153355,
  author="Timothy Gordon {Walmsley} and Petar Sabev {Varbanov},
  title="Optimising Energy Recovery in Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Radiata Pine and Kraft Mill Black Liquor",
  booktitle="Chemical Engineering Transactions",
  year="2018",
  number="70",
  month="August",
  pages="1009--1014",
  publisher="Italian Association of Chemical Engineering - AIDIC",
  issn="2283-9216"
}