Reducing revenue loss due to disturbances in utilities using buffer tanks - A case study at Perstorp
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Summary, in English
Utilities, such as steam and cooling water, are often shared by several production areas at an industrial site. In order to minimize the loss of revenue due to disturbances in the supply of utilities, the optimal supply of utilities to different areas has to be determined. It is not evident how utility resources should be divided, as both buffer tank levels, the connections between areas, and the profitability of different products must be considered. This paper presents a case study at Perstorp, the objectives of which were to identify the utilities causing the greatest revenue losses at the site, and suggest strategies for reducing this loss using an on/off modeling approach including buffer tanks between areas.
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Publishing year
2012
Language
English
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Document type
Conference paper
Topic
- Control Engineering
Keywords
- process control
- plant-wide disturbances
- buffer tanks
- modeling
- utilities
Conference name
Conference on Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Operations (FOCAPO2012)
Conference date
2012-01-08
Conference place
Savannah, Georgia, United States
Status
Published
Project
- PICLU
Research group
- LCCC