PSE@WORK
Process Systems Engineering @ Work
University of Oklahoma (OU, US)-State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ, Brazil)

PURPOSE
Develop New Tools for the Optimal  Basic Design of Chemical Process Equipment and Systems
-Basic Process Equipment Design
We have been steadily working on the replacement of heuristics-based step-by-step trial and verification procedures by global optimization (we did Shell & Tube exchangers (we also modeled fouling), plate exchangers, double tube exchanger structures, and we are now advancing into plate and fin, compablocs, condensers, reboilers, distillation columns (look for this in our next workshop). We are also advancing in the use of distributed models for air coolers and plate exchangers and double pipe exchangers, as anticipated in our IECR 110th Anniversary article (Costa and Bagajewicz, 2019).
In the case of using mixed integer nonlinear models (MINLM) for equipment design, we started exploiting the discrete nature of several equipment components to obtain several linear models by rigorous reformulation. We are already de-emphasizing the use of this technique in favor of set trimming and smart enumeration.

-Optimization
Some of you have been following our proposals in Optimization. A few years ago, we discovered that we can formally solve some MINLP problems for which discrete variables are common, using a reformulation. While that technique can be extended to continuous variables, we stopped. Now, we believe that, in many cases (not all the time), we can effectively replace the use of mathematical programming by a technique that one of our post-docs (Julia Lemos)invented. Actually, the idea was explored by a student of Jose Pinto, but was not given official status as a technique.
For some problems, set trimming should be followed by enumeration, smart enumeration and something we are now calling super-smart-enumeration. The point is that we identify global optima and we do it faster, and in cases where the global solvers fail. Follow us, because there will be news on this front as soon as our students finish the articles. design of HEN and HEX, as well as extensions to retrofit.

-Systems Design
We covered cooling water systems, HEN and WHEN (our cooperation with Pro. Zuwei Liao’s group in China) so far. We resort to enumeration/evaluation techniques. We focus global optimality. What is next? We are preparing the extension of the above articles to the simultaneous design of HEN and HEX, as well as extensions to retrofit.

PEOPLE

ASSOCIATES

COLLABORATORS

STUDENTS at UERJ

At the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ).


WORKSHOPS
  1. First Workshop: Organized on December 6, 2019. You can browse the contents and the presentations HERE
  2. Second Workshop: It will take place, tentatively in the week of July 11, 2020. An invitation was sent to partners, academic friends, and interested parties.

ARTICLES PUBLISHED: Equipment Design

    Articles Submitted

  1. Nahes A. L., N. R. Martins, M. J. Bagajewicz, A. L. H. Costa. Design of Gasketed-Plate Heat Exchangers Using Different Deterministic Optimization Techniques. ChERD.
  2. Lemos, J. C., André L. H. Costa, Miguel J. Bagajewicz. Set Trimming Procedure for the Design Optimization of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers. IECR.
  3. Lemos J. C., M.J. Bagajewicz and A.L.H. Costa. Linear Model the Design of Heat Exchangers considering the Effect of Fouling on Hydraulics and Heat Transfer. AIChE J.
  4. Fischer, C., André L. H. Costa, Miguel J. Bagajewicz. Globally Optimal Design of Vertical Vapor Liquid Separation Vessels. IECR

      Articles To Appear

None at this time.

      Articles

  1. Fischer C.F., A. L. H. Costa and M. J. Bagajewicz. MILP Approach for the Design of Vertical Vapor-Liquid Separation Vessels- Comparison with Heuristics. Latin American Applied Research. Vol 50, No 2, pp 65-70 (2020)
  2. Costa A. H. and M. Bagajewicz. 110th Anniversary: On the Departure from Heuristics and Simplified Models Toward Globally Optimal Design of Process Equipment. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 58, 18684-18702 (2019)
  3. Borges de Carvalho C., M.A.S.S. Ravagnani, M. Bagajewicz and A. L. H. Costa. Globally optimal design of air coolers considering fan performance.Applied Thermal Engineering, 161, 114188 (2019).
  4. Gonçalves C., A. Hemerly Costa and M. Bagajewicz. Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Design Using Mixed-Integer Linear Programming and the Bell-Delaware Model. AICHE Journal, 65, 8(2019).
  5. Peccini A., J. C. Lemos, A. L. H. Costa and M. Bagajewicz. Optimal Design of Double Pipe Heat Exchanger Structures. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 58, 12080−12096 (2019).
  6. Lemos J. C., A. L. H. Costa and M. Bagajewicz. Globally Optimal Linear Approach to the Design of Heat Exchangers Using Threshold Fouling Model. AICHE Journal,64, 6. p. 2089-2102 (2018).
  7. Souza A. P., A. L. H. Costa and M. Bagajewicz. Globally Optimal Linear Approach for the Design of Process Equipment: The Case of Air Coolers. AIChE Journal v. 64, No 3. p. 886-903, (2018).
  8. Costa A.L.H, M. Bagajewicz. Challenges in Replacing Heuristics-Based Trial-and-Error Procedures by Mathematical Optimization for Basic Equipment Design. Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering – PSE, July 1-5, 2018, San Diego, USA. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 44, pp. 439-444 (2018).
  9. Lemos J. C.,   A. L. H. Costa and M. Bagajewicz. Linear Method for the Design of Shell And Tube Heat Exchangers Including Simple Fouling Modeling. Applied Thermal Engineering,  v.125, p. 1345-1353, (2017)
  10. Gonçalves C., A. L. H. Costa and M. Bagajewicz. Alternative MILP Formulations for Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger Optimal Design. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, v.56, p. 5970-5979,(2017).
  11. Nakao A.,  A. Valdman,  A. L. H. Costa, M. Bagajewicz,  E. M.  Queiroz. Incorporating Fouling Modeling into Shell-And-Tube Heat Exchanger Design. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. v.56, 4377−4385 (2017).
  12. Gonçalves, C. O., Costa, A. L. H., Bagajewicz, M. J. Shell and tube Heat Exchanger Design using Mixed-Integer Linear Programming. AIChE Journal, v. 63, p. 1907-1922, (2016).

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings

  1. Costa A.L.H, M. Bagajewicz. Challenges in Replacing Heuristics-Based Trial-and-Error Procedures by Mathematical Optimization for Basic Equipment Design. Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering – PSE, July 1-5, 2018, San Diego, USA. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 44, pp. 439-444 2018).

  2. Martins N., P. Cheali, A.L.H. Costa and M.J. Bagajewicz. Global Optimization of Counter Current Gasketed Plate Heat Exchanger. ESCAPE 29. Proceedings of the 29th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, June 16th to 19th, pp. 259-264, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2019.
  3. Peccini A., A.L.H. Costa, M.J. Bagajewicz. Globally Optimal Design of Double Pipe Heat Exchangers using Local Properties and Discretized Models. ESCAPE 29. Proceedings of the 29th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, June 16th to 19th, pp. 187-192, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2019.
  4. Fischer C.D., A.L. H. Costa and M.J. Bagajewicz. New Approach for the Design of Efficient Vertical VLE Flash Vessels. X Congreso Argentino de Ingeniería Química, Santa Fe, Argentina, August 2019.
  5. Costa A.L.H., J. C. Lemos, M. Bagajewicz. Heat Exchanger Design Optimization Considering Threshold Fouling Modelling. Proceedings of the 27th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering. ESCAPE 27, Barcelona, Spain, 2017.

Articles in Preparation

  1. Borges, J. P., I. Intararit, U. Suriyapraphadilok, A.L.H. Costa and M. J. Bagajewicz. Globally Optimal Design of Process Fired Heaters.
  2. Nahes A., M .J. Bagajewicz and A.L.H. Costa. Globally Optimal Design of Gasketed-Plate Heat Exchangers Using Distributed Models.
  3. Nahes, A.., A. L. H. Costa and M. Bagajewicz – Novel Method for the Design of Double Pipe Heat Exchangers.
  4. da C. Santos M. T., A.R. Secchi, M. J. Bagajewicz and A. L. H. Costa. Globally Optimal Design of Air Coolers Using Distributed Model. Part I- Fixed Air Flowrate.
  5. da Cruz Souza. A. R. , M. J. Bagajewicz and A. L. H. Costa. Globally Optimal Mechanical Design of Sieve Trays in Distillation Columns.
  6. da Cruz Souza. A. R., A. L. Alberton, M.J. Bagajewicz and A. L. H. Costa. Improved Correlations for Sieve Trays in Distillation/Absorption Columns.
  7. Marques M., E. M. Queiroz, M. J. Bagajewicz, André L. H. Costa. Design of Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers under Correlation Parameter Uncertainty.
  8. Lemos J., R. Agosta, N. R. Martins, G.A. Carvalho, C.O. Gonçalves, A.L.H. Costa and M.J. Bagajewicz. MILP method to Design Heat Exchangers with alternative objective functions.
  9. Lemos, J. C., André L. H. Costa, Miguel J. Bagajewicz. Use of Set Trimming and Enumeration for the Global Solution of a Class of Problems with Discrete Variables.
  10. Peccini A., A. L. H. Costa and M. Bagajewicz. Global Solutions for the Design of Double Pipe Heat Exchangers Using Linear Models.
  11. Peccini A., A. L. H. Costa and M. Bagajewicz – Novel Method for the Design of Double Pipe Heat Exchangers using Temperature Discretization.
  12. Fischer, C. D., A. L. H. Costa, and M.J. Bagajewicz. Efficiency-Constrained Approach for the Globally Optimal Design of Vertical VLE Separation Vessels.
  13. Fischer, C. D., A. L. H. Costa, and M.J. Bagajewicz.AN MINLM Approach for the Design of Horizontal Vapor Liquid Separation Vessels.
  14. Sales G. M., Eduardo M. Queiroz, Miguel Bagajewicz and André L. H. Costa – Globally Optimal Kettle Reboiler Heat Exchanger Design.
  15. Domingues J. P., Miguel J. Bagajewicz and André L. H. Costa. Globally Optimal Horizontal Condenser Design.

ARTICLES PUBLISHED: Systems

Articles Submitted

None

      Articles To Appear

  1. Chang C., A. Peccini, Y. Wang, A.L.H. Costa and M. Bagajewicz – Globally Optimal Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks. Part I: Minimal Networks AIChE J.
  2. Chang C., Z. Liao, A.L.H. Costa and M. Bagajewicz – Globally Optimal Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks. Part II: Non-Minimal Networks. AIChE J.

      Articles

  1. Levy A. L. L., J. N. M. Souza, M.J. Bagajewicz and A.L.H. Costa. Globally Optimal Design Optimization of Cooling Water Systems. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 58, 9473-9485 (2019).
  2. Parra A., M. Noriega, L. Yokohama, and M. Bagajewicz. Reverse Osmosis Network Rigorous Design Optimization. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 58, 3060-3071(2019).

Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings

  1. Costa A.L.H, M. Bagajewicz. Challenges in Replacing Heuristics-Based Trial-and-Error Procedures by Mathematical Optimization for Basic Equipment Design. Proceedings of the 13th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering – PSE, July 1-5, 2018, San Diego, USA. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering. 44, pp. 439-444 2018).

Articles in Preparation

  1. Chang C., Z. Liao and M. Bagajewicz – Globally Optimal Heat Exchanger Networks Design using Synheat and Linear Models. Part III: Networks featuring Non isothermal Mixing.
  2. Levy A. L. L. , M. J. Bagajewicz and A.L.H. Costa. Globally Optimal Design Optimization of Cooling Water System with Variable Outlet Temperature.
  3. Oliva D., J. Lemos J., A. L. H. Costa and M. Bagajewicz. Linear Approach for the Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks with Detailed Heat Exchangers Design.
  4. Lin Q., Z. Liao and M. J. Bagajewicz. Globally Optimal Design of Minimal WHEN Systems.
  5. Bagajewicz, M.J., D Sujo-Nava, M.J. Savelski, E. Calixto, C. Deng. A Review of Industrial ProcessWater Management Systems.