Department of Chemical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay

CL684 (RKM) Advanced Process Synthesis 2020-2021

MINI PROJECT II
(Due on November 13, 2020)
No late submissions will be permitted

Important Note: Use any source of information except another person. The Report has to be a pdf file and
should be uploaded on Moodle as instructed. Please make sure that the name of your pdf file is your Roll
Number only.

Part-A
Getting Familiar with GAMS

INSTALLATION

Download the Demo Version of GAMS (General Algebraic Modelling System) Software from the gams.com
website. You can choose from the three options that are available for various platforms (Windows, Linux, or
iOS for Apple). Fill a small form online to receive a license file for the Demo Version. You will receive an
authentication email first, and once authenticated, you will immediately receive the license file by email. You
will need to copy the 6-line license information into a text file which will be named as gamslice.txt by you and
kept on your hard disk securely. This file will be needed when you start installing GAMS on your machine. The
GAMS Demo Version license will be valid for one year. Install the GAMS software with GAMS Studio option.

TESTING THE INSTALLATION

Consider the following solved HEN problem from the Book by Seider et al.:

Once you make the Interval Table for the above problem, it appears as follows:

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The solution to the above cascade can also be obtained by formulating a Linear Programming Problem as given
below:

The corresponding GAMS Code will look like as given below:

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Use the above code as a Test Case and solve the problem using your installed version of GAMS. You should
get the answer as shown below:

Part-B

Solving Selected Energy Target Problems Using Pinch Technology and GAMS

You can either carry out manual calculations or write an EXCEL Program to do a heat cascade analysis
(Problem Table Algorithm) and use it to determine the required minimum hot utility, minimum cold utility, and
the pinch temperature for the two cases given below. Also, obtain these results by formulating an LP problem in
each case and solving it by using GAMS software. You must submit the listings of your programs, inputs, and
outputs to get complete credit.

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 Case-1

An MER network of Heat Exchangers is to be synthesized for the following process streams:

Type Supply T (oC) Target T (oC) F*Cp (MW/oC)

Hot 750 350 0.045
Hot 550 250 0.04
Cold 300 900 0.043
Cold 200 550 0.02

Minimum approach temperature difference is 50oC. Appropriate hot and cold utilities are available.

Case-2

An MER network of Heat Exchangers is to be synthesized for the following process streams:

Process Stream Supply Target Heat Capacity Heat Duty

Number and Type Temperature oC Temperature oC Flow rate kW
kW/oC
C1, Cold 20 135 2 230
H2, Hot 170 60 3 330
C3, Cold 80 140 4 240
H4, Hot 150 30 1.5 180

Minimum approach temperature difference is 10 oC. Appropriate hot and cold utilities are available.

Part-C

HEN Analysis Using Pinch Technology

For both the cases in Part-B above,

(a) What is the minimum number of heat exchangers that are required?
(b) Design an MER Network using the Pinch Design Method.
(c) Show the MER Network in the form of a process flowsheet and label all the stream temperatures and
heat exchanger loads.

Online Submission (All items as part of a well-structured PROJECT REPORT).

1. Prepare a well-documented Report (strictly pdf only) with a neat sketch showing the synthesized flowsheet
details and other items as mentioned above in the Problem Statement. No credit will be given if detailed
calculations are not shown.
2. Upload your Project Report within the given time limit on Moodle in the Assignment Link. Please
remember that the pdf file name should be your Roll Number.

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