EXERGY ANALYSIS OF NITRIC ACID, ETHYLENE OXIDE/ETHYLENE GLYCOL PROCESSES AND METHANOL REACTOR

In this work, exergy analysis is carried out for nitric acid production and ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol production. Exergoeconomic evaluation of EO/EG based on catalyst selectivity is find out. A new parameter is proposed to decide end run catalyst selectivity based on exergy destruction in EO reactor. Efficient thermally coupled rector based on exergy analysis is suggested for methanol production.

Papers Published

• Nimkar S. C. and Mewada R. K. (2014) “An overview of Exergy analysis for Chemical Process Industries,” International Journal of Exergy, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp 468-507

• Mewada R. K. and Nimkar S. C (2015) “Minimization of Exergy losses in Mono High Pressure Nitric Acid Process,” International Journal of Exergy, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp.192-218

• Nimkar S. C. and Mewada R. K. (2016) “Effect of catalyst selectivity on exergetic and exergoeconomic evaluation of Ethylene oxide /Ethylene glycol process”, International Journal of Exergy, Vol. 21, No. 2, pp.157-18

• Nimkar S. C, Mewada R. K. and Rosen M.A.(2017) “Exergy and exergoeconomic analyses of thermally coupled reactor for methanol production”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 42, pp.8113-28127.