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 …

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 …

Heat exchanger network synthesis: the possibility of randomization

S Chakraborty, P Ghosh - Chemical Engineering Journal, 1999 - Elsevier
This paper presents a new approach to heat exchanger network (HEN) design making
extensive use of randomization techniques. It is exceedingly simple to implement and gives …

Optimal heat exchanger network synthesis: A case study comparison

M Escobar, JO Trierweiler - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
Heat exchanger network synthesis (HENS) is one of the most extensively studied
synthesis/design problem in chemical engineering. This is attributed to the importance of …

Automated heat exchanger network synthesis by using hybrid natural algorithms and parallel processing

LV Pavao, CBB Costa, MASS Ravagnani - Computers & Chemical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Heat exchanger network (HEN) synthesis can be formulated as an optimization problem,
which can be solved by meta-heuristics. These approaches account for a large …

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 using genetic algorithm and differential evolution

MC Aguitoni, LV Pavão, PH Siqueira, L Jiménez… - Computers & Chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …

A robust and efficient NLP formulation using graph theoretic principles for synthesis of heat exchanger networks

K Shivakumar, S Narasimhan - Computers & chemical engineering, 2002 - Elsevier
The simultaneous heat exchanger network (HEN) synthesis optimization problem is
generally formulated as a mixed integer non-linear program (MINLP) by using the concept of …

A principle of stream arrangement based on uniformity factor for heat exchanger networks synthesis

Q He, G Cui - Applied thermal engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
Heat exchanger network synthesis (HENS) has been one of the most extensively studied
synthesis problem in chemical engineering. The methodologies commonly used to solve a …

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 …