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Operation and Control of Pressure Swing Adsorption Systems

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Abstract This thesis is concerned with the design, operation and control of pressure swing adsorption (PSA) systems, employing state of the art system engineering tools. A detailed mathematical model is developed which captures the hydrody- namic, mass transfer and equilibrium effects in detail to represent the real PSA operation. The first detailed case study presented in this work deals with the design of an explicit/multi-parametric model predictive controller for the operation of a PSA system comprising four adsorbent beds undergoing nine process steps, separat- ing 70 % H2, 30 % CH4 mixture into high purity hydrogen. The key controller objective is to fast track H2 purity to a set point value of 99.99 %, manipulating time duration of the adsorption step, under the effect of process disturbances. To perform the task, a rigorous and systematic framework is employed compris- ing four main steps of model development, system identification, the mp-MPC formulation, and in-silico closed loop validation, respectively. Detailed compar- ison studies of the derived explicit MPC controller are also performed with the conventional PID controllers, for a multitude of disturbance scenarios. Following the controller design, a detailed design and control optimization study is presented which incorporates the design, operational and control aspects of PSA operation simultaneously, with the objective of improving real time op- erability. This is in complete contrast to the traditional approach for the design of process systems, which employs a two step sequential method of first design and then control. A systematic and rigorous methodology is employed towards this purpose and is applied to a two-bed, six-step PSA system represented by a rigorous mathematical model, where the key optimization objective is to maxi- mize the expected H2 recovery while achieving a closed loop product H2 purity of 99.99 %, for separating 70 % H2, 30 % CH4 feed. Furthermore, two detailed 3

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