Recent developments in process integration

JJ Klemeš, PS Varbanov, Z Kravanja - Chemical Engineering Research …, 2013 - Elsevier
Process Integration supporting process design, integration and optimisation has been
around for more than 40 years. Its development has been closely related to developing the …

A comprehensive review of recent advancements and developments in heat exchanger network synthesis techniques

Y Xu, WW Liu, L Zhang, GM Cui, Y Xiao… - Science China …, 2024 - Springer
The rapid development of computational technology and the increasing energy demand
have improved heat exchanger network (HEN) synthesis. The HEN synthesis involves …

Heat exchanger network synthesis without stream splits using parallelized and simplified simulated annealing and particle swarm optimization

LV Pavão, CBB Costa, MASS Ravagnani - Chemical Engineering Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Much attention has been paid to heat exchanger network (HEN) synthesis and optimization
by using meta-heuristic approaches. In general, Simulated Annealing (SA) is able to provide …

Large‐scale heat exchanger networks synthesis using simulated annealing and the novel rocket fireworks optimization

LV Pavão, CBB Costa, MASS Ravagnani… - AIChE …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Heat Exchanger Network (HEN) synthesis is an important field of study in process
engineering. However, obtaining optimal HEN design is a complex task. When …

A novel hybrid strategy for cost-optimal heat exchanger network synthesis suited for large-scale problems

M Rathjens, G Fieg - Applied thermal engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work optimal synthesis of heat exchanger networks (HENs) is focused on, namely the
minimization of total annual costs (TAC). An efficient combination of optimization strategies …

A hybrid genetic algorithm for synthesis of heat exchanger networks

X Luo, QY Wen, G Fieg - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2009 - Elsevier
A new hybrid genetic algorithm for optimal design of heat exchanger networks is developed.
The mathematical model used in the algorithm is based on an explicit solution of stream …

Simultaneous optimization strategies for heat exchanger network synthesis and detailed shell-and-tube heat-exchanger design involving phase changes using GA/SA

W Xiao, K Wang, X Jiang, X Li, X Wu, Z Hao, G He - Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
A simultaneous optimization approach for heat exchanger network (HEN) synthesis and
detailed shell-and-tube heat exchanger (HE) design including phase changes is proposed …

Review of metaheuristics applied to heat exchanger network design

D Toimil, A Gómez - International Transactions in Operational …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Heat exchanger networks (HENs) are a useful method of reducing the energy costs and
environmental impact of industrial processes. Therefore, many papers focusing on solving …

A novel hybrid chaotic ant swarm algorithm for heat exchanger networks synthesis

C Zhang, G Cui, F Peng - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
The heat exchanger networks synthesis (HENS) still remains an open problem due to its
combinatorial nature, which can easily result in suboptimal design and unacceptable …

Relaxation strategy for heat exchanger network synthesis with fixed capital cost

Y Xu, G Cui, W Deng, Y Xiao, HK Ambonisye - Applied Thermal …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, a relaxation strategy for the synthesis of a heat exchanger network with a fixed
capital cost using a heuristic optimization approach was presented. Since the fixed capital …