Heat-exchanger network synthesis MINLP model

To illustrate some of the modeling guidelines, we consider in this section the MINLP model for the synthesis of heat-exchanger networks by Yee and Grossmann (1990), which uses as a basis the superstructure in Fig. 5. The notation that will be used is as follows. Process streams are divided into two sets, set... 

As was described in the review of previous work, over the last ten years MINLP optimization models have been reported for the synthesis of process flowsheets, heat-exchanger networks, separation sequences, reactor networks, utility plants, and design of batch processes. Rather than describing in detail each of these works, we will briefly highlight several examples from our research group at Carnegie Mellon to illustrate the capabilities and the current limitations of the MINLP approach. 

Papalexandri, K. P., and Pistikopoulos, E. N. (1994). A multiperiod MINLP model for the synthesis of heat and mass exchange networks. Comput. Chem. Eng. 18(12), 1125-1139. 

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