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Simulate electrolyte based processes and optimize process design in industrial chemical processes

Accurately simulate multi-unit operations to optimize process design, minimize CAPEX, OPEX and maximize yields and process efficiency with rigorous and accurate simulations in water treatment, mining, oil & gas and chemicals industries.

OLI Flowsheet: ESP enables electrolyte based, steady-state process simulation for multi-phase systems with speciation and can be used to improve quality of process design, troubleshoot operations challenges, enhance sustainability and make environmental compliance cost effective.

It is a first principles-based analysis tool with an unparalleled chemistry property database and three thermodynamic models that deliver accurate, rigorous multi-component calculations for the broadest range of phenomena and operating conditions.

 

Key capabilities

  • Energy, mass, species balance
  • pH control, membrane purification, mass transfer limitation (ESP Blocks)
  • Multi-phase systems (OLI Engine)
  • Controllers
  • Specialized ESP blocks and 100+ unit operations designed for electrolytes; RO membrane
  • Flowsheet simulation with speciation, sensitivity analysis, diffusion, mobility and permeability calculations
  • Effects of temperature, salinity, and speciation on viscosity, osmotic pressure, diffusivity constants, and other critical transport properties.
  • Effects of temperature, salinity, and speciation on viscosity, osmotic pressure, diffusivity constants, and other critical transport properties.

 

Sample applications

  • Optimize design of wet/dry flue gas scrubbing and oxidation
  • Improve design of sour water stripping process
  • Improve material selection and lower costs with Autoclave testing simulations
  • Mitigate corrosion risk in Claus plants, Benfield Process
  • Mitigate corrosion risk with Amine sweetening and regeneration process simulation
  • Enhance sustainability and improve efficiency with Seawater desalination simulation
  • OTSG water purification and blowdown process optimization
  • Wastewater treatment process design to eliminate toxic contaminants and lower costs

The OLI Optimizer tool designed for OLI Flowsheet: ESP models defines the optimal design and operating conditions for energy minimization, throughput maximization, data optimization and more with non-linear optimization algorithms and associated user interface.

It enables maximization of yields and minimization of costs while increasing sustainability in rigorous process models with specialized unit operations that leverage first principles-based electrolyte thermodynamics with an unparalleled chemistry property database for the broadest range of phenomena and operating conditions.

 

Key capabilities

  • Non-linear optimization algorithms
  • Process and data optimization
  • Calibration of local asset model
  • Easy to use user interface
  • Add-on feature of OLI Flowsheet: ESP

 

Sample applications

  • Create optimal design envelopes by maximizing or minimizing design variables
  • Create optimal operating windows by maximizing or minimizing design & process variables
  • Minimize energy consumption in water, wastewater treatment and industrial applications
  • Minimize water use and conserve resources in industrial applications
  • Minimize carbon footprint and maximize CO2 capture processes to enhance air quality

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