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Evaluation of Economic-Environmental Impact of Heat Exchanger Network in Naphtha Cracking Center

납사분해 공정 내 열 교환 네트워크 경제적-환경영향 평가

  • Hyojin Jung (School of Chemical Engineering, Keimyung University) ;
  • Subin Jung (School of Chemical Engineering, Keimyung University) ;
  • Yuchan Ahn (School of Chemical Engineering, Keimyung University)
  • 정효진 (계명대학교 화학공학전공) ;
  • 정수빈 (계명대학교 화학공학전공) ;
  • 안유찬 (계명대학교 화학공학전공)
  • Received : 2023.05.08
  • Accepted : 2023.06.28
  • Published : 2023.08.01
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Abstract

Petrochemical is an energy consuming industry that consumes about 30% of total industrial energy consumption and is a representative carbon dioxide (CO2) emission source. Among them, the Naphtha Cracking Center (NCC), which produces ethylene, propylene, propane and mixed C4, consumes large amounts of energy and emits significant amounts of CO2. For this reason, an integrated techno economic- environmental impact assessment aimed at reducing energy consumption and environmental impact factors is necessary to ensure efficiency in terms of economics and environment. This study aims to analyze the efficiency of the heat exchanger network used in the existing NCC base on the pinch analysis and select an improvement plan that can reduced energy consumption. In order to reduces the utility consumption in the process, an optimal heat exchanger network considering the high-temperature and low-temperature stream was derived, and the economic evaluation was conducted by considering the trade-off between the reduction in utility consumption and the increase in heat exchanger installation cost. In addition, an environmental impact assessment was conducted on the reduced CO2 emission in consideration of the environmental aspect, and the economic environmental impact assessment used the payback period to recover the invested funds to come up with an energy saving plan that can be applied based on the actual process. As a result of considering the economic-environmental impact assessment, when the environmental impact assessment was not considered, it was 4.29 months, 3.21 months, and 3.39 months for each case, and when considering the environmental impact assessment, it was 4.24 months, 3.17 months, and 3.35 months for each case. These results appeared equally both when the environmental impact assessment was not include and when it was include. In addition, a sensitivity analysis was conducted for each case to determine how important factors affect the payback period. As a result of the sensitivity analysis, the cost of the heat exchanger was identified as a major factor influencing the overall cost.

석유화학은 전체 산업에너지 소비량 중 약 30%를 소비하는 에너지 다소비 업종으로써 대표적인 이산화탄소(carbon dioxide, CO2) 배출원이다. 그 중 에틸렌, 프로필렌, 프로판 및 혼합 C4를 생산하는 납사 분해 공정(naphtha cracking center, NCC)은 많은 양의 에너지를 소비하고 상당한 양의 CO2를 배출한다. 이러한 이유로 경제성과 환경적 측면에서의 효율성을 보장하기 위해 에너지 사용량 및 환경 영향 인자 감소를 목표로 하는 통합 기술경제적-환경영향 평가가 필요하다. 본 연구는 핀치분석에 근거하여 기존 NCC에서 사용되는 열 교환망의 효율성을 분석하고 이를 통해 에너지 사용량을 감축 시킬 수 있는 개선안을 선정하는 것을 목표로 한다. 공정 내 유틸리티 소비량을 줄이기 위하여 고온 스트림과 저온 스트림 사이를 고려한 최적의 열 교환망을 도출하고, 유틸리티 사용량 감소와 열교환기 설치 비용 증가 사이의 트레이드 오프를 고려하여 경제성 평가를 진행하였다. 또한, 환경적 측면을 고려하여 감소된 CO2 배출에 대한 환경영향평가를 실시하였고, 경제적-환경 영향 평가는 투자된 자금을 회수하는 회수기간을 사용하여 실제 공정을 바탕으로 적용 가능성이 있는 에너지 절감안을 도출하였다. 경제적-환경영향평가를 고려한 결과 경제성만을 고려한 부분에서는 각 사례별로 4.29개월, 3.21개월, 3.39개월로 나타났고, 경제적-환경 통합 평가의 경우에는 각 사 례별로 4.24개월, 3.17개월, 3.35개월로 각각의 회수기간을 보였다. 이러한 결과는 환경영향평가를 포함하지 않았을 때와 포함하였을 때 모두 동등하게 나타났다. 추가로 주요한 요소가 회수기간에 어느정도 영향을 미치는지 확인하기 위해 각 사례별 민감도 분석을 진행하였다. 민감도 분석결과 열 교환기 비용이 전체적인 비용에 영향을 미치는 주요 원인으로 확인되었다.

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Acknowledgement

이 성과는정보(과학기술정보통신부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(No. 2021R1G1A1093355).

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