Research topics
The Centre for Process Integration has four research topics, Efficient Use of Raw Materials, Energy Efficiency, Emmisions Reduction and Process Operation.
Efficient Use of Raw Materials
- Design and Optimisation of Chemical Reactors
- Crystallisation Processes
- Reaction Separation Systems
- Reactive Distillation
- Hydrogen Integration in Oil Refining
- Molecular Modelling of Refinery Processes
- Integrated Gasification Combined Cycles
Energy Efficiency
- Design and retrofit of refinery distillation systems
- Dividing Wall Distillation
- Azeotropic Distillation
- Retrofit of Distillation Systems
- Absorption systems
- Cogeneration and site utility systems
- Driver selection, design and optimisation
- Cooling Water Systems
- Sub-ambient Systems and low temperature separation
- Design of New Heat Exchanger Networks
- Fouling in heat exchanger networks
- Plate - fin Heat Exchangers
- Power Station Design
Emmisions Reduction
- Water and Wastewater Minimisation
- Distributed Effluent Treatment
- Simultaneous Energy and Water Minimisation
- Flue Gas Emission
Process Operations
- Refinery Optimisation
- Refinery Scheduling
- Reliability and maintenance
- Batch Processing and Scheduling
- Operability of Site Utility Systems