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- Title
Process Flow Diagram of an Ammonia Plant as a Complex Network.
- Authors
Zhi-Qiang Jiang; Wei-Xing Zhou; Bing Xu; Wei-Kang Yuan
- Abstract
Complex networks have attracted increasing interests in almost all disciplines of natural and social sciences. However, few efforts have been afforded in the field of chemical engineering. An example of complex technological network, investigating the process flow of an ammonia plant (AP) is presented. The AP network is a small-world network with scale-free distribution of degrees. Adopting Newman's maximum modularly, algorithm for the detection of communities in complex networks, evident modular structures are identified in the AP network, which stem from the modular sections in chemical plants. In addition, it is found that the resultant AP tree exhibits excellent allometric scaling.
- Subjects
CHEMICAL plants; AMMONIA industry; SYSTEM analysis; MANUFACTURING processes; MODULAR construction; ALLOMETRY
- Publication
AIChE Journal, 2007, Vol 53, Issue 2, p423
- ISSN
0001-1541
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/aic.11071