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

The heat exchanger network (HEN) synthesis can be characterized as highly combinatorial,
nonlinear and nonconvex, contributing to unmanageable computational time and a …

Heat exchanger network (HEN) synthesis can be formulated as an optimization problem,
which can be solved by meta-heuristics. These approaches account for a large …

As the chemical process industry is among the most energy demanding sectors, chemical
engineers are endeavoring to contribute towards sustainable future. Due to the limitation of …

Heat exchanger network (HEN) synthesis has been a well-studied subject over the past
decades. Many studies and methodologies were proposed to make possible the energy …

This paper presents an extension of the procedure proposed by Floudas and Grossman for
the synthesis of heat exchanger networks under multiperiod operation. It is shown that the …

This work proposes a multiperiod synthesis methodology to optimize simultaneously the
utility systems, Rankine cycles and Heat Exchanger Networks considering different expected …

An optimization‐based process synthesis framework is proposed for the conversion of
natural gas to liquid transportation fuels. Natural gas conversion technologies including …

This work proposes a novel approach for the simultaneous synthesis of Heat Exchanger
Networks (HEN) and Utility Systems of chemical processes and energy systems. Given a set …

Plant sites are normally divided into regions consisting of the individual production
processes and the utility system (s). While heat integration within the individual processes …