Data reconciliation and optimal management of hydrogen networks of a petrol refinery

AbstractThis paper describes the main problems associated to the management of hydrogen networks in petrol refineries and presents an approach to deal with them with the aim of operating the installation in the most profitable way. In particular, the problems of data reconciliation, economic optimization and interaction with the underlying basic control structure are reviewed. The paper provides also a proposal for the implementation of the system and illustrates the approach with results obtained using real data from an industrial site.