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

After more than one century from its first use for electric power production, steam cycles are
still the object of continuous research and development efforts worldwide. Indeed, owing to …

This paper assesses the optimal design criteria of a flexible power and biomass to methanol
(PBtM) plant, conceived to operate both without green hydrogen addition (baseline mode) …

The competitiveness of biofuels may be increased by integrating biomass gasification plants
with electrolysis units which generate hydrogen to be combined with the carbon-rich syngas …

Steam system modeling and optimization contributes toward low energy consumption for
large-scale industrial refineries. However, formidable challenges have been generated by …

The process for producing Fischer-Tropsch syngas (FTS) with the combination of steam and
dry methane reforming (operating in parallel) is demonstrated with the most favorable …

This study explores the prospective techno-economic performance of facilities that produce
low-and net-negative-carbon liquid transportation fuels and electricity with CO 2 capture for …

This paper presents the optimization of organic Rankine cycles (ORCs) for recovering waste
heat from a hypothetical aluminum production plant to be installed in Norway. The case …

This work investigates the design optimization of aggregated energy systems (multi-energy
systems, microgrids, energy districts, etc.) with (N-1)-reliability requirements. The problem is …

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