Heat Integration with heat exchanger network (HEN) is a widely used way to save energy
and improve efficiency. Varied types of heat exchangers and materials would influence the …

Differential evolution (DE) is a well-known evolutionary algorithm with simple operation and
excellent performance, which has been applied to solve various optimization problems. To …

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

This work proposes a novel optimization algorithm which can be used to solve a wide range
of mathematical optimization problems where the global minimum or maximum is required …

Binary geothermal power plants (GPP) always attract researchers' attention as they are
renewable-energy operated, low-temperature, high-performance, environmentally-friendly …

In this paper, an efficient as well as reliable approach to deal with heat exchanger networks
(HENs) synthesis problems, which is inherently known as a mixed-integer non-linear …

Heat exchanger network (HEN) retrofit is a vital task in the process design to improve energy
savings. Various types of heat exchangers such as shell and tube, double-pipe, compact …

This paper presents an improved method for the Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming
(MINLP) synthesis of flexible Heat Exchanger Network with a large number of uncertain …

Heuristic algorithms are widely used in the global optimization of heat exchanger network
synthesis (HENS). However, since heuristic algorithms are often characterized by a …

Abstract Analysis on the alternative designs on top of the optimal network has proven
valuable and meaningful for the decision-makers in determining the most suitable options …