Current grassroot heat exchanger network design techniques involve a three-task
procedure:(a) calculation of the minimum utility consumption;(b) selection of a set of process …

This work presents a review of the main deterministic mixed‐integer nonlinear programming
(MINLP) solution methods for problems with convex and nonconvex functions. An overview …

Studies on leading technologies for industrial CO2 capture are performed. Each technology
includes flue gas dehydration, capture of at least 90% of CO2 from the feed, and …

This paper presents an Equality-Relaxation variant to the Outer-Approximation algorithm for
solving mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) problems that arise in structural …

China faces enormous challenges as it strives to meet its increasing energy demands.
Distributed energy systems (DESs) provide a good opportunity to tackle these challenges by …

The industrial heat exchanger network synthesis (HENS) problem is very complex and
involves combinatorial problems in the “matching” between hot and cold streams to enhance …

This paper shows that in structural flowsheet optimization problems that are formulated as
mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) problems, modelling can have a great …

Most of the grassroot heat exchanger network (HEN) synthesis approaches decompose the
synthesis problem into a series of three major tasks:(a) minimum utility cost calculation;(b) …

1408 Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., Vol. 27, No. 8, 1988 mixed-integer linear programs (MILP) that
rely on linear approximations and discretization of operating conditions to avoid treatment of …

In this paper we propose a biorefinery optimization model that can be used to find the
optimal processing route for the production of ethanol, butanol, succinic acid and blends of …