Enhancing CO₂ Conversion to Methanol Using Dynamic Optimization, Applied on Shell Temperature and Inlet Hydrogen During Four Years Operation of Methanol Plant

References

• Cuthrell , J. E. and Biegler , L. T. 1987 . On the optimization of differential-algebraic process systems . AIChE J. , 33 : 1257 – 1270 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Elnashaie , S. S. E. H. and Abdel-Hakim , M. N. 1988 . Optimal feed temperature control for fixed bed catalytic reactors experiencing catalyst deactivation—a heterogeneous model . Comp. Chem. Eng. , 12 : 787 – 790 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Goh , C. J. and Teo , K. L. 1988 . Control parametrization: A unified approach to optimal control problems with general constraints . Automatica , 24 : 3 – 18 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hanken , L. 1995 . Optimization of methanol reactor , Master's thesis The Norwegian University of Science and Technology .
   Google Scholar
• Jahanmiri , A. and Eslamloueyan , A. 2002 . Optimal temperature profile in methanol synthesis reactor . Chem. Eng. Comm. , 189 : 713 – 741 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kordabadi , H. and Jahanmiri , A. 2005 . Optimization of methanol synthesis reactor using genetic algorithms . Chem Eng. J. , 108 : 249 – 255 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Larsson , T. , Skogestad , S. and Cheng-Ching , Y. 1999 . Control of reactor and separator, with recycle Dallas, , USA AIChE Annual Meeting
   Google Scholar
• Lovik , I. 2001 . Modeling, Estimation and Optimization of the Methanol Synthesis with Catalyst Deactivation , Ph.D. thesis Norway : Department of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology .
   Google Scholar
• Lurgi . 1995 . Integrated low pressure methanol process. Technical report. Lurgi Oil and Gas Germany
   Google Scholar
• 2004 . Methanol Price and History www.methanex.com
   Google Scholar
• Ognue , A. F. and Ray , W. H. 1971 . Optimal control policies for tubular reactors experiencing catalyst decay . AIChE J. , 17 : 43
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pinch , E. R. 1993 . Optimal Control and the Calculus of Variations , Oxford : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Rahimpour , M. R. , Fathikalajahi , J. and Jahanmiri , A. 1998 . Selective kinetic deactivation model for methanol synthesis from simultaneous reaction of CO2 and CO with H2 on a commercial copper/zinc oxide catalyst . Canad. J. Chem. Eng. , 76 : 1 – 9 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ramirez , W. F. 1994 . Process Control and Identification , Boston : Academic Press .
   Google Scholar
• Rezaie , N. , Jahanmiri , A. , Moghtaderi , B. and Rahimpour , M. R. 2005 . A comparison between homogeneous and heterogeneous modeling in Lurgi-Type methanol reactor . Chem. Eng. Proc. , 44 : 911 – 921 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shampine , L. F. and Reichelt , M. W. 1997 . The MATLAB ODE Suite . SIAM J. on Scientific Computing , 18 : 1 – 12 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Smets , I. Y. , Claes , J. E. , November , E. J. , Bastin , G. P. and Van Impe , J. F. 2004 . Optimal adaptive control of (bio)chemical reactors: Past, present and future . J. Proc. Control , 14 : 795 – 805 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• 2000–2003 . SPC. Shiraz Petrochemical Company, Methanol Reactor Long Sheet
   Google Scholar
• Vanden Bussche , K. M. and Froment , G. F. 1996 . A steady-state kinetic model for methanol synthesis and the water gas shift reaction on a commercial Cu = ZnO = Al 2 O 3 catalyst . J. Catal. , 161 : 10
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar