TY - GEN
T1 - Economic optimization of a thermal cracker via model predictive control technology
AU - Savu, Andreea R.
AU - Muntean, Ionut
AU - Lazea, Gheorghe
AU - Agachi, Paul Serban
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - An ethylene plant is one of the largest chemical plants and ethylene is industrially obtained through thermal cracking of hydrocarbons. The cracking furnace is the heart of such an installation and the frequent changes in feed mix, quality and prices; and the demand for its olefin products are influencing directly the production efficiency. Each reactant in the feed produces a certain distribution of products and in order to satisfy the demand constraints at the lowest cost; one needs to optimize the amounts of each reactant.
AB - An ethylene plant is one of the largest chemical plants and ethylene is industrially obtained through thermal cracking of hydrocarbons. The cracking furnace is the heart of such an installation and the frequent changes in feed mix, quality and prices; and the demand for its olefin products are influencing directly the production efficiency. Each reactant in the feed produces a certain distribution of products and in order to satisfy the demand constraints at the lowest cost; one needs to optimize the amounts of each reactant.
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U2 - 10.1109/MED.2011.5983153
DO - 10.1109/MED.2011.5983153
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80052384026
SN - 9781457701252
T3 - 2011 19th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2011
SP - 819
EP - 824
BT - 2011 19th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2011
T2 - 2011 19th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED 2011
Y2 - 20 June 2011 through 23 June 2011
ER -