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View SchemaProcess Flow Diagram of an Ammonia Plant as a Complex Network
| Authors | Zhi-Qiang Jiang, Wei-Xing Zhou, Bin Xu, Wei-Kang Yuan |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0504177 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0504177 |
| DOI | 10.1002/aic.11071 |
| Journal | AIChE Journal 53, 423-428 (2007) |
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. We present in this work an example of complex technological network, investigating the process flow of an ammonia plant (AP). We show that the AP network is a small-world network with scale-free distribution of degrees. Adopting Newman's maximum modularity 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, we find that the resultant AP tree exhibits excellent allometric scaling.
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