Heat integration, simultaneous structure and parameter optimisation, and techno-economic evaluation of waste heat recovery systems for petrochemical industry

Y Ding, Y Liu, M Wang, W Du, F Qian - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Energy conservation in the petrochemical sector holds the key to its financial viability. The
pervasive application of Heat Exchanger Networks (HEN) exemplifies the industry's efforts in …

An innovative damping random walk algorithm with compulsive evolution for the synthesis of heat exchanger networks

X Huang, W Liu, H Duan, Y Xu, Y Xiao, G Cui - Applied Thermal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Heat exchanger network synthesis in process system engineering poses a significant
challenge, primarily because of the intricacies of stream matches and the nonlinear nature of …

Pinch-based general targeting method for predicting the optimal capital cost of heat exchanger network

D Fu, Q Li, Y Li, Y Lai, L Lu, Z Dong, M Lyu - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pinch analysis is vital in optimizing heat exchanger networks (HENs). Targeting methods are
used when determining cost effectiveness with pinch analysis. However, the existing …

An anti-greedy random walk algorithm for heat exchanger network synthesis

X Huang, Y Xu, Y Xiao, L Shan, H Duan… - … Engineering Research and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Heat exchanger network (HEN) synthesis is a vibrant research field in process system
engineering, with substantial contributions to energy conservation and emissions reduction …

A Tabu-Matching Heuristic Algorithm Based on Temperature Feasibility for Efficient Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks

X Huang, H Shen, W Yue, H Duan, G Cui - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
The non-structural model of heat exchanger networks (HENs) offers a wide solution space
for optimization due to the random matching of hot and cold streams. However, this …

A novel mass–heat exchange network analogy, regression, and synthesis method for mass exchanger networks

Y Xiao, G Cui - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Synthesis of mass exchanger network (MEN) is significant to save the material and reduce
the pollution for process industries. Considering its small magnitude and concentration …