Several optimization models for process synthesis and optimization are derived from
superstructures. Those used for Heat Exchanger Networks (HEN) must comprise consistent …

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 …

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 …

This paper presents a comprehensive simultaneous synthesis approach based on stage‐
wise superstructure to design cost‐optimal heat exchanger network (HEN). It is well known …

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 …

A systematic procedure is proposed in this paper to incorporate the options of merging
and/or splitting process streams from multiple origins in heat exchanger network (HEN) …

The existing mathematical programming-based methods for simultaneous heat exchanger
network synthesis (HENS) have used either match-centric or stage-centric superstructures …

In this article, three corrections are applied to improve the simultaneous optimization
synthesis approach (SOSA) of heat exchanger networks (HENs). First, the temperature …

This paper presents an optimisation model for the synthesis of heat exchanger networks
(HEN) including the detailed design of the equipments formulated as a decomposition …

Heat exchanger network (HEN) synthesis methodologies aim at developing cost effective
designs with the best possible topology and optimal values of the decision variables …