Industrial Energy Systems : Analysis, Optimization, and Control

Responding to concerns about global warming, carbon dioxide emissions, and the political instability that threatens the US supply, this book enables management, system analysts, and performance engineers to develop and apply an operating strategy for the on-line optimization and control of energy systems in industrial plants.

It provides proven techniques for analysis that can guide equipment selection and flowsheet adjustments to reduce plant energy consumption without affecting the productive capacity of the plant.

Originating in the 1970s and 1980s when high energy costs and the OPEC crises fostered energy conservation, these techniques have been applied successfully in many industries in the United States, as well as in several industrialized countries in the Middle and Far East.

Tribute to Author

Chapter 1 : The Impact of Plant Economics on the Design of Industrial Energy System
Chapter 2 : Managing Energy Resources from within the Corporate Information Technology System
Chapter 3 : Fundamental Characteristics of Energy Conversion Equipment
Chapter 4 : Optimization Strategies
Chapter 5 : Applications and Case Study
Chapter 6 : Controlling the Steam Turbogenerator for Watts, VARS, Volts and Frequency
Chapter 7 : The Importance of Process Heat Exchangers in Industrial Energy Systems
Chapter 8 : Demand Side Management and Electrical Load Shedding
Chapter 9 : Future Trends

Appendix A.1 : Multiple Linear Regression Analysis
Appendix A.2 : Numerical Analysis
Appendix A.3 : The Newton-Raphson Technique Used in Equipment Performance Models
Appendix A.4 : Linear Programs
Appendix A.5 : Using MicroSoft EXCEL TM as “Solver” Feature for Linear Programming Problems
References
Index