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A Data-Driven Conceptual Approach to Heat Pump Sizing in Chemical Processes with Fluctuating Heat Supply and Demand
June 27, 2025
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Heat pumps play a crucial role in decarbonizing the chemical industry. The integration and sizing of heat pumps in chemical processes is a challenging task in multi-product chemical processes due to the fluctuating waste heat supply and heat demand. Integrating heat pumps may require a retrofit of the utility system. Mathematical optimization is a useful tool to tackle this challenge by enabling the analysis of correlation between relevant system parameters and equipment sizing. This study demonstrates the utilization of mathematical optimization and parameter studies for utility system equipment sizing addressing fluctuating heat supply and demand profiles.
Heat pumps play a crucial role in decarbonizing the chemical industry. The integration and sizing of heat pumps in chemical processes is a challenging task in multi-product chemical processes due to the fluctuating waste heat supply and heat demand. Integrating heat pumps may require a retrofit of the utility system. Mathematical optimization is a useful tool to tackle this challenge by enabling the analysis of correlation between relevant system parameters and equipment sizing. This study demonstrates the utilization of mathematical optimization and parameter studies for utility system equipment sizing addressing fluctuating heat supply and demand profiles.
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Hochhaus T, Wloch J, Grünewald M, Riese J. A Data-Driven Conceptual Approach to Heat Pump Sizing in Chemical Processes with Fluctuating Heat Supply and Demand. Systems and Control Transactions 4:1994-1999 (2025) https://doi.org/10.69997/sct.196662
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Hochhaus T: Ruhr University Bochum, Laboratory of Fluid Separations, Bochum, Germany; Thorben Hochhaus and Johannes Wloch contributed equally to this work
Wloch J: Ruhr University Bochum, Laboratory of Fluid Separations, Bochum, Germany; Thorben Hochhaus and Johannes Wloch contributed equally to this work
Grünewald M: Ruhr University Bochum, Laboratory of Fluid Separations, Bochum, Germany
Riese J: Paderborn University, Fluid Process Engineering, Paderborn, Germany
Wloch J: Ruhr University Bochum, Laboratory of Fluid Separations, Bochum, Germany; Thorben Hochhaus and Johannes Wloch contributed equally to this work
Grünewald M: Ruhr University Bochum, Laboratory of Fluid Separations, Bochum, Germany
Riese J: Paderborn University, Fluid Process Engineering, Paderborn, Germany
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