Balancing the trade-off between structural diversity (solution space) and optimization
efficiency is an urgent challenge in the modeling and global optimization of heat exchanger …

The global optimization of heat exchanger network synthesis remains a hotspot and
challenge in the field of chemical process integration. The random walk algorithm with …

Heat exchanger network synthesis has been extensively studied in process system
engineering for its complexity and difficulty resulting from stream matches and the …

The aim of heat exchanger network synthesis is to design a cost-effective network
configuration with the maximum energy recovery. Therefore, a nodes-based non-structural …

This study aims to explore a new simultaneous synthesis method for heat exchanger
network synthesis (HENS) problems to achieve the minimum total annual cost (TAC). A …

The present paper proposes an original node-wise non-structural model (NW-NSM) with no
stream splits for the heat integration of energy system. Global optimization approaches using …

Optimization of heat exchanger network is attributed to improving the process industrial
energy utilization ratio. Energy consumption reduction plays an important role in the low …

The optimal design of large-scale heat exchanger networks is a difficult task due to the
inherent non-linear characteristics and the combinatorial nature of heat exchangers. To …

The rapid development of computational technology and the increasing energy demand
have improved heat exchanger network (HEN) synthesis. The HEN synthesis involves …

Designing efficient heat-exchanger networks is essential for the effective use of energy in
the process industries, fostering sustainable and low-carbon development. Traditional …