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Publication Date:
August 2011
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1542-6580
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10.1515/1542-6580.2507

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Design Optimization of an LPG Thermal Cracker for Multiple Objectives

Reza Nabavi1 / G. P. Rangaiah2 / Aligholi Niaei3 / Darioush Salari4

1University of Tabriz, reza.nabavi@gmail.com

2National University of Singapore, chegpr@nus.edu.sg

3University of Tabriz, niaei@yahoo.com

4University of Tabriz, ddsalari@gmail.com

Citation Information: International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering. Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages –, ISSN (Online) 1542-6580, DOI: 10.1515/1542-6580.2507, August 2011

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2011-08-08

Ethylene and propylene, building blocks of the petrochemical industries, are mostly produced by steam cracking of hydrocarbons. In our recent work (Nabavi, Rangaiah, Niaei and Salari, Multiobjective Optimization of an Industrial LPG Thermal Cracker using a First Principles Model, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2009, 48, 9523-9533), operation of an industrial liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cracker was optimized for several sets of two and three objectives. In this work, optimization of an LPG cracker design is investigated for multiple objectives. The objectives considered are maximization of annual ethylene and propylene production, selectivity and run length, and minimization of severity and total heat duty per year. The elitist non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm adapted with the jumping gene operator, NSGA-II-aJG is used to solve the multi-objective optimization problems. The results of design optimization for multiple objectives are compared with those for operation optimization.

Keywords: LPG; steam cracking; ethylene; propylene; multi-objective optimization; genetic algorithm; design optimization

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