BIG-ASAN, Ann Dannielle C.

LBYCHEJ - EA1
MACANDILI, Romeo ACTIVITY 2A
REYES, Aiah Kristine

Problem 1: Polygeneration Plant

A hypothetical polygeneration plant producing heat, power, cooling and purified water is compose of the following unit
process: boiler, combined heat and power (CHP) unit, chiller and reverse osmosis (RO) unit. The process data for the
baseline case are given in Table 1. The negative and positive values in each row represent an input or output stream into
the different processes.

PROCESS DATA
Stream Boiler CHP unit Chiller RO unit Final output
Heat, kW 1 1.5 0 0 25,000
Power, kW -0.01 1 –0.2 –3 10,000
Cooling, kW 0 0 1 0 8,000
Treated water, L/s –0.0006 –0.0027 0 1 100
–
Fuel oil, L/s
0.000034 –0.00015
0 0

Fresh water, L/s 0 0 0 –2.5

Rejected water, L/s 0 0 0 1.5

SOLUTION
Matrix A Matrix B
1 1.5 0 0 25000
-0.01 1 -0.2 -3 10000
0 0 1 0 8000
-0.0006 -0.0027 0 1 100

Required Capacity Factor of Safety

Actual Capacity Change in Demand
6881.4381933439 20% 8257.726 0.2
12079.0412044374 25% 15098.8 0.28
8000 10% 8800 0.05
136.742274167987 15% 157.2536 0.15

Matrix R^-1 Matrix P^-1

25000 0 0 0 6881.4381933439 0
0 10000 0 0 0 12079.04
0 0 8000 0 0 0
0 0 0 100 0 0

Matrix R Matrix P
4E-05 0 0 0 0.000145318459878 0
 0 0.0001 0 0 0 8.279E-05
0 0 0.000125 0 0 0
0 0 0 0.01 0 0

Matrix A* Matrix A*^-1

0.275257527733756 0.724742 0 0 3.56926952141058 -2.15905
-0.006881438193344 1.207904 -0.16 -0.041023 0.024190241902419 0.820008
0 0 1 0 0 0
-0.041288629160063 -0.326134 0 1.367423 0.113541704393177 0.130383

Matrix q
0.082331774019431
0.244690446904469
0.05
0.170540726522038

SUMMARY OF INFORMATION
Capacity Boiler CHP unit Chiller RO Unit

Required capacity 6881.438 12079.04 8000 136.7423

Installed Capacity 8257.726 15098.8 8800 157.2536

Excess capacity 1376.288 3019.76 800 20.51134

Available safety margin 0.2 0.25 0.1 0.15

Required fractional capacity

0.082332 0.24469 0.05 0.170541
increase

Bottleneck (Y/N) N N N Y

BLOCK FLOW DIAGRAM

of the following unit
ocess data for the
r output stream into

The final demand for the output streams is expected to increase by 20%
for heat, 28% for power, 5% for cooling and 15% for treated water.
Determine where the bottlenecks in the process will be given the installed
plant capacity safety margins were 20% for boiler, 25% for the CHP, 10%
for the chiller and 15% for the RO unit.

atrix P^-1
0 0
0 0
8000 0
0 136.7423

Matrix P
0 0
 0 0
0.000125 0
0 0.007313

atrix A*^-1
-0.345448 -0.064772
0.131201 0.0246
1 0
0.020861 0.735214
d to increase by 20%
for treated water.
be given the installed
5% for the CHP, 10%
unit.
Stream Pyrolysis Anaerobic DigestioSMR
Biochar 0.154 0 0
Syngas 1 0 1
Methane 0.122 1 -1.622
Steam 0 0 0
Power 0 0 0
Methanol 0 0 0

A Inverse
6.493506494 0 0 25.97402597403
-11.32467532 1.622 1 -45.2987012987
-6.493506494 1 0 -25.974025974
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0

Required Capacity Factor of Safety Actual Capacity

Pyrolysis 5.974025974026 0 5.974025974026
Anaerobic Dige 16.4740587013 15% 18.94516750649
SMR 10.60597402597 15% 12.19687012987
Boiler 0.23 0 0.23
Steam Turbine 25 0 25
Methanol Synt 8.29 15% 9.5335

R inverse 1E-29 0 0
0 1E-29 0
0 0 1E-29
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0

P Inverse 5.974025974026 0 0
0 16.4740587013 0
0 0 10.60597402597
0 0 0
 0 0 0
0 0 0

A* 9.2E+028 0 0
5.97402597E+29 0 1.0605974E+30
7.28831169E+28 1.64740587E+30 -1.720289E+30
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
A* inverse 1.086956522E-29 0 0
-6.87424728E-30 9.845782569E-31 6.07014955E-31
-6.12249896E-30 9.428648397E-31 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0

q Bottleneck
Pyrolysis -4.71164635E-17 N
Anaerobic Dige0.163243074992 Y
SMR 0.156326990424 Y
Boiler 0 N
Steam Turbine 0 N
Methanol Synt 0.1 N
Boiler Steam Turbine Methanol SynthesiNet Output
-4 0 0 0
0 0 -2 0
0 0 0 0
1 -0.0092 0 0
0 1 0 25
0 0 1 8.29

0.238961038961 0
-0.416748051948 3.244
-0.238961038961 2
0.0092 0
1 0
0 1

0 0 0 R
0 0 0
0 0 0
1E-29 0 0
0 25 0
0 0 8.29

0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
0.23 0 0
 0 25 0
0 0 8.29

-9.2E+028 0 0
0 0 -1.658E+030
0 0 0
2.3E+028 -2.3E+028 0
0 1 0
0 0 1
4.347826087E-29 1 -4.71164635E-16
-2.74969891E-29 -0.6324307499 1.632430749921
-2.44899958E-29 -0.5632699042 1.563269904244
4.347826087E-29 1 0
0 1 0
0 0 1
 Change in DemandLegend
0 A
0 R
0 P - inverse
0 A*
0 c
0.1 q

1E+29 0 0 0 0 0
0 1E+29 0 0 0 0
0 0 1E+29 0 0 0
0 0 0 1E+029 0 0
0 0 0 0 0.04 0
0 0 0 0 0 0.1206