A HYBRID PLATFORM FOR REFINERY SIMULATION WITH CASE SWITCHES

A new process simulation platform for refinery plant simulation and its application are introduced in this paper. Based on simulation of a crude oil distillation process, we provide a detail analysis of Flexible Multi-Case Data-drive Simulation (FMCDS), which employs the idea of discrete event simulation and would be helpful for the improvement of simulation accuracy and efficiency. The methodology used to mining the similar cases successfully reduce the number of unnecessary cases and provide a reliable case list for the platform. And a comparison between the proposed model and the static model is also presented by checking the degree of fitting between simulation data and actual plant data.