SIMULATION ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION OF STEAM REFORMING PROCESS FOR A LARGE-SCALE AMMONIA PLANT

摘要

The present paper shows how the Schuster Schwarzschild method developed originally inastrophysics can be adopted to simulate the performance of the primary reforming furnace in an am-monia plant.This method facilitates the simulation of heat transfer and reaction in the furnace andimproves the computational efficiency.Simulation analysis is carried out to find ways of saving ener-gy.Appropriate reduction in fuel gas loading and partially shifting of the reforming load from theprimary to the secondary reformer by regulating the operating conditions can result in substantial en-ergy saving.Optimization calculations with various objective functions and constraints required areperformed.The optimization results may serve as guideline for plant operation and control.