Distillation column is one of the most common operations in process industries and is while the most expensive unit of the amount of energy consumption. Many ideas have been presented in the related literature for optimizing energy consumption in distillation columns. This paper studies the different heat integration methods in a distillation column which separate Benzene, Toluene, Xylene, and ...

Aalto University, P.O. Box 11000, FI-00076 Aalto www.aalto.fi Author Behnam Zakeri Name of the doctoral dissertation Integration of variable renewable energy in national and international energy systems Modelling and assessment of flexibility requirements Publisher School of Engineering Unit Department of Mechanical Engineering Series Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS 1...

To reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, the world must find intelligent solutions to maximise utilisation of carbon-free renewable energy sources. In this paper, multi-agent reinforcement learning is used control a microgrid in mixed cooperative and competitive setting. The agents observe fluctuating demand, dynamic wholesale prices, intermittent sources hybrid storage system renewables cost...