Resilient heat exchanger networks analysis

Saboo, A. K., Morari, M., and Colberg, R. D., RESHEX An Interactive Software Package for the Synthesis and Analysis of Resilient Heat Exchanger Networks II. Discussion of Area Targeting and Network Synthesis Algorithms, Computers Chem. Eng., 10 591, 1986. 

Richard D. Colberg and Manfred Moiari, Analysis and Synthesis of Resilient Heat Exchanger Networks... 

ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF RESILIENT HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORKS... 

Saboo, A. K., Synthesis and analysis of resilient heat exchanger networks. Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Wise., Madison (1984). 

There are three chapters in this volume of Advances in Chemical Engineering. The chapter, Analysis and Synthesis of Resilient Heat Exchanger Networks by Colberg and Morari of Caltech, is concerned with the development of new generic tools. It provides an overview on the macroscale design of systems that are resilient and flexible to uncertainties and variations in system variables, such as flow rates and fouling of heat exchanger surfaces. 

Richard D. Colberg and Manfred Morari, Analysis and Synthesis of Resilient Heat Exchanger Networks Richard J. Quann, Robert A. Ware, Chi-Wen Hung, and James Wei, Catalytic Hydrometallation of Petroleum... 

Heat exchanger network resilience analysis can become nonlinear and nonconvex in the cases of phase change and temperature-dependent heat capacities, varying stream split fractions, or uncertain flow rates or heat transfer coefficients. This section presents resilience tests developed by Saboo et al. (1987a,b) for (1) minimum unit HENs with piecewise constant heat capacities (but no stream splits or flow rate uncertainties), (2) minimum unit HENs with stream splits (but constant heat capacities and no flow rate uncertainties), and (3) minimum unit HENs with flow rate and temperature uncertainties (but constant heat capacities and no stream splits). 

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