Process Heat Integrator

This application implements the heat integration method as presented by Dr. Mahmoud El-Halwagi in the first edition of his textbook Sustainable Design Through Process Integration . I first learned about process integration in CHEN 425 at Texas A&M University, where I had the privilege of being of one of Dr. El-Halwagi's students.

For a quick overview of what process integration is, see these Wikipedia articles on process integration and pinch analysis .

To see how this app works, you can load up a saved process using the drop down menu, then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "Integrate". One example process is from El-Halwagi's textbook, and the other is the process my team designed for my senior plant design project.

Note: this program uses a minimum temperature gradient of 10°F. Graphic styling is based on the graphics in the first edition of El-Halwagi's Sustainable Design Through Process Integration.

Stream Data Table
Utility Table
Temperature Interval Diagram (TID)
Table of Exchangable Heat Loads (TEHL) for Hot Streams
Table of Exchangable Heat Loads (TEHL) for Cold Streams
Initial Cascade Diagram
Revised Cascade Diagram
Grand Composite Curve (GCC)
Minimum temperature gradient (°F):