Process integration

Abstract

This Tutorial can be regarded as a stand-alone document intended to convey the most basic aspects of Process Integration methods. It also contains towards the end some details about the more recent and advanced elements of Process Integration methods. Since emphasis is on learning, the number of references is kept at a minimum, especially in the core chapters of this Tutorial. The Tutorial is one of the products from the Process Integration Implementing Agreement within the International Energy Agency (IEA). The other main products from Annex I (Survey and Strategy) of this IEA Agreement are: • "IEA Implementing Agreement on Process Integration: Annex I End-User Survey", T.J. Pears, EA Technology, Capenhurst, UK, November 1997. • "A Worldwide Catalogue on Process Integration", T. Gundersen, Telemark Institute of Technology, Porsgrunn, Norway, December 1997. • "A Survey on Process Integration Methods and Software", T. Gundersen, SINTEF Energy Research, Trondheim, Norway, September 2000. Actually, the Tutorial is strongly linked with the Survey on Process Integration Methods and Software mentioned above, and it acts as an Appendix to the Survey, with several references from the Survey to details in the Tutorial. To make the Tutorial a true stand- alone document, however, it has been necessary to include some of the introductory elements from the Survey. As a result there is some overlap between the two documents.