وثيقة

An Optimization Study for the Integration of an Oil Refinery and a Petrochemical Plant in the Middle East

وكيل مرتبط
Bin Shams, Mohamed , مشرف الرسالة العلمية
تاريخ النشر
2023
اللغة
إنجليزي
مدى
[1], 11, 168, [1] pages
مكان المؤسسة
Sakhir, Bahrain
نوع الرسالة الجامعية
Thesis (BHD)
الجهه المانحه
"""University of Bahrain, College of Engineering, Department of Department of Mechanical Engineering
الملخص الإنجليزي
Abstract : This research aims to better understand the optimization parameters that substantially impact the ethylene and propylene output of non-integrated and integrated plants. To achieve this goal, we propose three single-objective optimization models and three trade-off scenarios for the intermediate and final materials produced from the oil refinery, ethylene production plant, and integrated plant and then evaluate the performance of each plant in terms of profitability, production, income, inventory costs, and unit operating costs. Profit maximization of plant products is the chief goal of the single-objective optimization model for each plant. We rerun the single-objective model multi-periodically and use an artificial neural network (ANN) framework to predict the future price of crude oil and its derivatives for 2021, 2030, 2040, and 2050. Three trade-off scenarios are proposed for the multi-objective model. They include the multi-objective optimization scenario for ethylene-prioritized production, the multi- objective optimization scenario for propylene-prioritized production, and the single- objective optimization scenario for the production of ethylene and propylene. All the models and scenarios proposed in this thesis are formulated as mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) problems. After developing and examining all the proposed models, our findings show a substantial improvement in the intermediate and final products of the ethylene production plant and the oil refinery after the integration. For the single-objective model, net profit of the integrated plant increases from 4% ($4, 384, 500) in 2021 to 29% ($32, 330, 000) and 38% ($41, 120, 000) in 2030 and 2050, respectively. The multi-objective optimization model of an integrated plant is also found to be superior to the single-objective optimization model of an integrated plant in terms of overall performance. The net profit per day generated from the single- objective model, multiple-objective plant (ethylene production prioritized), and multi- objective plant (propylene production prioritized) is $799,647.6, $821,152.6, and $8401, 12.2, respectively. The performance comparison of the two multi-objective trade scenarios reveals that the multi-objective model for propene-prioritized optimization produces more ethylene and propylene than the multi-objective model for ethylene- prioritized optimization. Overall, this research results reveal the potential of an integrated plant based on a multi-optimization model in helping the world boost petroleum materials' production and profitability.
المجموعة
المعرف
https://digitalrepository.uob.edu.bh/id/d5adc9da-7bb4-4023-801b-61884041c6cf