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Energy improvement for NGLs direct-indirect sequence fractionation unit

The objective of this paper is to present the study and analysis of the energy saving improvement for the natural gas liquids (NGLs) direct-indirect sequence fractionation unit by using driving force method. To perform the study and analysis, the energy efficient NGLs fractionation sequence methodol...

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Main Authors: Rahimi, Ahmad Nafais, Mustafa, Mohd. Faris, Zaine, Muhammad Zakwan, Ibrahim, Norazana, Ibrahim, Kamarul Asri, Yusoff, Nooryusmiza, Al-Mutairi, Eid M., Abd. Hamid, Mohd. Kamaruddin
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Published: 2015
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TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
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spelling my.utm.621202017-08-07T04:11:19Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/62120/ Energy improvement for NGLs direct-indirect sequence fractionation unit Rahimi, Ahmad Nafais Mustafa, Mohd. Faris Zaine, Muhammad Zakwan Ibrahim, Norazana Ibrahim, Kamarul Asri Yusoff, Nooryusmiza Al-Mutairi, Eid M. Abd. Hamid, Mohd. Kamaruddin TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering The objective of this paper is to present the study and analysis of the energy saving improvement for the natural gas liquids (NGLs) direct-indirect sequence fractionation unit by using driving force method. To perform the study and analysis, the energy efficient NGLs fractionation sequence methodology has been developed. Accordingly, the methodology consists of four hierarchical steps; Step 1: Existing Sequence Energy Analysis, Step 2: Optimal Sequence Determination, Step 3: Optimal Sequence Energy Analysis, and Step 4: Energy Comparison. The capability of this methodology is tested in designing energy efficient distillation column sequence for NGLs fractionation process, which consists of nine compounds (methane, ethane, propane, i-butane, n-butane, i-pentane, n-pentane, n-hexane, n-heptane) with eight direct-indirect sequence of distillation columns. The results show that the maximum of 6.44 % energy reduction is able to achieve using sequence changes suggested by the driving force method. It can be concluded that, the sequence determined by the driving force method is able to reduce energy used for NGLs fractionation process. All of this findings show that the methodology is able to design minimum energy distillation column sequence for NGLs fractionation process in an easy, practical and systematic manner. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/62120/1/KamarulAsriIbrahim2015_EnergyImprovementForNGLsDirect-IndirectSequenceFractionationUnit.pdf Rahimi, Ahmad Nafais and Mustafa, Mohd. Faris and Zaine, Muhammad Zakwan and Ibrahim, Norazana and Ibrahim, Kamarul Asri and Yusoff, Nooryusmiza and Al-Mutairi, Eid M. and Abd. Hamid, Mohd. Kamaruddin (2015) Energy improvement for NGLs direct-indirect sequence fractionation unit. In: 2015 Conference on Emerging Energy and Technology (CONCEPT 2015), 15-16 Dec, 2015, Melaka, Malaysia.
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topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Rahimi, Ahmad Nafais
Mustafa, Mohd. Faris
Zaine, Muhammad Zakwan
Ibrahim, Norazana
Ibrahim, Kamarul Asri
Yusoff, Nooryusmiza
Al-Mutairi, Eid M.
Abd. Hamid, Mohd. Kamaruddin
Energy improvement for NGLs direct-indirect sequence fractionation unit
description The objective of this paper is to present the study and analysis of the energy saving improvement for the natural gas liquids (NGLs) direct-indirect sequence fractionation unit by using driving force method. To perform the study and analysis, the energy efficient NGLs fractionation sequence methodology has been developed. Accordingly, the methodology consists of four hierarchical steps; Step 1: Existing Sequence Energy Analysis, Step 2: Optimal Sequence Determination, Step 3: Optimal Sequence Energy Analysis, and Step 4: Energy Comparison. The capability of this methodology is tested in designing energy efficient distillation column sequence for NGLs fractionation process, which consists of nine compounds (methane, ethane, propane, i-butane, n-butane, i-pentane, n-pentane, n-hexane, n-heptane) with eight direct-indirect sequence of distillation columns. The results show that the maximum of 6.44 % energy reduction is able to achieve using sequence changes suggested by the driving force method. It can be concluded that, the sequence determined by the driving force method is able to reduce energy used for NGLs fractionation process. All of this findings show that the methodology is able to design minimum energy distillation column sequence for NGLs fractionation process in an easy, practical and systematic manner.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Rahimi, Ahmad Nafais
Mustafa, Mohd. Faris
Zaine, Muhammad Zakwan
Ibrahim, Norazana
Ibrahim, Kamarul Asri
Yusoff, Nooryusmiza
Al-Mutairi, Eid M.
Abd. Hamid, Mohd. Kamaruddin
author_facet Rahimi, Ahmad Nafais
Mustafa, Mohd. Faris
Zaine, Muhammad Zakwan
Ibrahim, Norazana
Ibrahim, Kamarul Asri
Yusoff, Nooryusmiza
Al-Mutairi, Eid M.
Abd. Hamid, Mohd. Kamaruddin
author_sort Rahimi, Ahmad Nafais
title Energy improvement for NGLs direct-indirect sequence fractionation unit
title_short Energy improvement for NGLs direct-indirect sequence fractionation unit
title_full Energy improvement for NGLs direct-indirect sequence fractionation unit
title_fullStr Energy improvement for NGLs direct-indirect sequence fractionation unit
title_full_unstemmed Energy improvement for NGLs direct-indirect sequence fractionation unit
title_sort energy improvement for ngls direct-indirect sequence fractionation unit
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/62120/1/KamarulAsriIbrahim2015_EnergyImprovementForNGLsDirect-IndirectSequenceFractionationUnit.pdf
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