Simulation and optimization of an industrial PSA unit

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Autor(a) principal: Barg,C.
Data de Publicação: 2000
Outros Autores: Ferreira,J.M.P., Trierweiler,J.O., Secchi,A.R.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322000000400033
Resumo: The Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) units have been used as a low cost alternative to the usual gas separation processes. Its largest commercial application is for hydrogen purification systems. Several studies have been made about the simulation of pressure swing adsorption units, but there are only few reports on the optimization of such processes. The objective of this study is to simulate and optimize an industrial PSA unit for hydrogen purification. This unit consists of six beds, each of them have three layers of different kinds of adsorbents. The main impurities are methane, carbon monoxide and sulfidric gas. The product stream has 99.99% purity in hydrogen, and the recovery is around 90%. A mathematical model for a commercial PSA unit is developed. The cycle time and the pressure swing steps are optimized. All the features concerning with complex commercial processes are considered.
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spelling Simulation and optimization of an industrial PSA unitPressure swing adsorptionsimulationoptimizationgas separationThe Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) units have been used as a low cost alternative to the usual gas separation processes. Its largest commercial application is for hydrogen purification systems. Several studies have been made about the simulation of pressure swing adsorption units, but there are only few reports on the optimization of such processes. The objective of this study is to simulate and optimize an industrial PSA unit for hydrogen purification. This unit consists of six beds, each of them have three layers of different kinds of adsorbents. The main impurities are methane, carbon monoxide and sulfidric gas. The product stream has 99.99% purity in hydrogen, and the recovery is around 90%. A mathematical model for a commercial PSA unit is developed. The cycle time and the pressure swing steps are optimized. All the features concerning with complex commercial processes are considered.Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering2000-12-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322000000400033Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering v.17 n.4-7 2000reponame:Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineeringinstname:Associação Brasileira de Engenharia Química (ABEQ)instacron:ABEQ10.1590/S0104-66322000000400033info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBarg,C.Ferreira,J.M.P.Trierweiler,J.O.Secchi,A.R.eng2001-03-16T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0104-66322000000400033Revistahttps://www.scielo.br/j/bjce/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phprgiudici@usp.br||rgiudici@usp.br1678-43830104-6632opendoar:2001-03-16T00:00Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering - Associação Brasileira de Engenharia Química (ABEQ)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Simulation and optimization of an industrial PSA unit
title Simulation and optimization of an industrial PSA unit
spellingShingle Simulation and optimization of an industrial PSA unit
Barg,C.
Pressure swing adsorption
simulation
optimization
gas separation
title_short Simulation and optimization of an industrial PSA unit
title_full Simulation and optimization of an industrial PSA unit
title_fullStr Simulation and optimization of an industrial PSA unit
title_full_unstemmed Simulation and optimization of an industrial PSA unit
title_sort Simulation and optimization of an industrial PSA unit
author Barg,C.
author_facet Barg,C.
Ferreira,J.M.P.
Trierweiler,J.O.
Secchi,A.R.
author_role author
author2 Ferreira,J.M.P.
Trierweiler,J.O.
Secchi,A.R.
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Barg,C.
Ferreira,J.M.P.
Trierweiler,J.O.
Secchi,A.R.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Pressure swing adsorption
simulation
optimization
gas separation
topic Pressure swing adsorption
simulation
optimization
gas separation
description The Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) units have been used as a low cost alternative to the usual gas separation processes. Its largest commercial application is for hydrogen purification systems. Several studies have been made about the simulation of pressure swing adsorption units, but there are only few reports on the optimization of such processes. The objective of this study is to simulate and optimize an industrial PSA unit for hydrogen purification. This unit consists of six beds, each of them have three layers of different kinds of adsorbents. The main impurities are methane, carbon monoxide and sulfidric gas. The product stream has 99.99% purity in hydrogen, and the recovery is around 90%. A mathematical model for a commercial PSA unit is developed. The cycle time and the pressure swing steps are optimized. All the features concerning with complex commercial processes are considered.
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