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 …
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 …
Abstract Heat Exchanger Networks (HEN) synthesis is a process engineering problem that can be mathematically characterized as highly combinatory, non-linear and non-convex. All …
Several methods for heat exchanger networks (HEN) design are based on the use of superstructures. The models they give rise to can lead to different design options to be …
Several optimization models for process synthesis and optimization are derived from superstructures. Those used for Heat Exchanger Networks (HEN) must comprise consistent …
C Yan, L Lv, A Eslamimanesh, W Shen - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
The petroleum refining industry is one of the most complex and energy-intensive separation units that produce various petroleum products from crude oil. In this work, an entire crude oil …
H Zhang, G Cui - Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2018 - Elsevier
Heat exchanger network synthesis (HENS) is still a challenging task for minimizing the Total Annual Cost (TAC). In this work, a Cuckoo Search Algorithm (CSA) is introduced to solve the …
Z Bao, G Cui, J Chen, T Sun, Y Xiao - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Random walk algorithm with compulsive evolution is a novel stochastic method with strong global search ability for heat exchanger network synthesis; however, its mutation behavior of …
HA Kayange, G Cui, Y Xu, J Li, Y Xiao - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
For more than three decades, heat exchanger network (HEN) synthesis has been primarily addressed by defining initial structures that embed different design alternatives, and near …