Systematic Process Intensification of Gas Separation, Conversion, and Storage

1606027哈桑·M·M·法鲁克流程强化涉及在单个装置中结合反应、分离和其他操作，从而产生显著更小、更清洁、更安全和更节能的技术。这项提议旨在开发一种新的统一工艺合成和强化方法，以优化工业重要气体的转化、分离和储存。目前缺乏在流程操作中确定强化机会和在流程图一级综合最佳强化过程的系统方法。拟议的办法可能会对清洁和可持续能源技术的发展以及对现有化学工艺的改造产生重大影响，使其更节能、更经济。PI计划通过开发常规和非常规来源的天然气一步分离和储存技术，以及二氧化碳捕获、转化和氢气储存的组合技术来展示新技术的有效性。该项目旨在开发一种系统的方法，将过程设计与过程强化结合在一个基于优化的框架内。其目标是在过程系统工程的三个不同领域做出重大贡献：过程强化、气体分离系统设计和高效优化方法的开发。将合成和强化相结合，并使用涵盖流程活动和流程的构建块，将能够有效地识别、自动生成并将所有看似合理的强化替代方案纳入单一流程图。该技术采用了一种新的用于过程强化和全局优化的混合整数非线性优化算法，并采用了一种适用于工艺气体联合分离、转化和/或储存的材料筛选和强化框架。这种方法将不是专门针对气体处理的，可以应用于广泛化学过程的综合设计和强化。拟议的教育和外联活动包括对研究生的培训，为本科生发展研究经验，开发一个新的研究生课程，让国际和平协会参加一个高中夏令营，并通过路易斯·斯托克斯少数群体参与联盟方案让妇女和少数群体学生参与过程强化研究。

1606027 Hasan, M. M. FaruqueProcess intensification involves the combination of reaction, separation and other operations in a single unit, which leads to substantially smaller, cleaner, safer, and more energy-efficient technologies. This proposal aims to develop a new unified process synthesis and intensification approach for optimizing the conversion, separation and storage of industrially-important gases. There is presently a lack of systematic methods for the identification of intensification opportunities in process operations and for the synthesis of optimal intensified processes at the flowsheet level. The proposed approach can potentially have a significant impact on the development of clean and sustainable energy technologies as well as on retrofitting existing chemical processes to make them more energy efficient and economical. The PI plans to demonstrate the efficacy of the new technique by developing a single-step separation and storage technology for natural gas from conventional and unconventional sources, and a combined carbon dioxide capture, conversion, and hydrogen storage technology.This project aims to develop a systematic methodology for combining process design with process intensification within a single optimization-based framework. The objective is to make significant contributions in three distinct areas of process systems engineering: process intensification, design of gas separation systems, and development of efficient optimization methods. The integration of synthesis and intensification along with the use of building blocks that capture both process activities and flows will allow the efficient identification, automated generation, and incorporation of all plausible intensification alternatives in a single flowsheet. The technique employs a new mixed-integer nonlinear optimization algorithm for process intensification and global optimization, and a framework which pertains to material screening and intensification for combined separation, conversion and/or storage of process gases. The approach will not be specific to gas processing and could be applied to integrated design and intensification of a broad spectrum of chemical process. The proposed educational and outreach activities include training of graduate students, developing research experiences for undergraduate students, developing a new graduate-level course, participation of the PI in a high school summer camp, and engaging women and minority students in process intensification research through the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation program.