Heat-exchanger network synthesis superstructure

Keywords Heat-exchanger network Synthesis Flexibility Superstructure MILP Multi-criteria decision-making Fuzzy optimization... 

A.E.S. Konukman, M.C. Camurdan, U. Akman, Simultaneous flexibility targeting and synthesis of minimum-utility heat exchanger networks with superstructure-based MILP formulation, Chem. Eng. Processing 41 (2002) 501-518. 

The heat integration alternatives consist of only the different matches that may take place and do not include structural alternatives of the heat exchanger network topology presented in the hyperstructure or superstructure sections of HEN synthesis. 

Procedures for the actual synthesis of heat-exchanger networks are somewhat less well developed however, all of the standard process synthesis approaches— including systematic generation, evolutionary modification, and superstructure... 

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... 

Azeez OS, Isafiade AJ, Fraser DM. Supply-based superstructure synthesis of heat and mass exchange networks. Comput Chem Eng 2013 56 184-201. 

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