Development of a systematic technique for simultaneous reduction of energy and water in chemical process plants

• Main Authors: Lim, Fang Yee, Abdul Manan, Zainuddin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering, UTM 2001
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/5071/1/LimFangYee2001_DevelopmentOfASystematicTechnique.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/5071/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Water and energy are the two main operating costs in a chemical process plant. With the increase in water and fuel prices, chemical process industries are under pressure to improve their profit margin or face possible closure of plants. Pinch and exergy analyses are techniques that have been used wi...