Grand composite curve

1. Introduction about Grand Composite curve

- Expect: Hot utility was hot enough and cold utility was cold enough, single hot and cold
utility
- Problem: economic => hot utility supply enough heat with lowest temperature, cold
utility (similar)
 Grand composite curve (find minimum amount of heating and cooling to achieve target
temperature) (Kemp)
2. Descries about Grand composite curve
- Net heat flow (utility requirement) vs shift temperature (Kempt)
- 1989 by Itoh, Shiroko and Umeda (pinchtech)
3. How to draw Grand Composite curve
- Horizontal axis: temperature(oC)vs vertical axis: heat flow (kw)
- Plot all T and Q from Cascade Table (using pinch temperature to separate table into 2
parts)
- Detect temperature intervals (not be used)
- Lower the amount of heat (not be used by utility)
4. Advantages (most important part)
- How much net heating and cooling require. Temperature to gain this
- Show the variation of heat supply and demand in the process (pinchtech)
- Find utilities (are used)
- Maximize the use of cheaper utility level and minimize the use of expansive level
5. Summary
- Most basic tool used in pinch analysis
- Selection suitable utilities level
- Maximize the least expensive and minimize the most expansive utilities.
The effect pinch analysis of the change in Cp with variation in process temperature
1. Heat capacity definition