Energy Analysis and Process Simulation for the Energy Efficiency Improvement of Existing Chemical Plants

Abstract

In recent years, energy efficiency has been one of the topics of major concern from a worldwide perspective as clearly stated by the International Energy Agency (IEA,2021). The energy waste reduction not only improves the process performances from an economic perspective but reduces as well the equivalent CO₂ emissions. This research work is the product of a collaboration between the SIBUR petrochemical company and the Tomsk and Milan Polytechnic Universities during the Process Operations Management program aiming at the training of the personnel and at the troubleshooting practical problems of the petrochemical industry.