In this paper, we survey the main superstructure-based approaches in process system
engineering, with a particular emphasis on the existing literature for automated …

Aiming for more energetically efficient and sustainable solutions, academic attention to work
and heat integration (WHI) has grown in the last decade. Simultaneous models for work and …

The synthesis of heat recovery networks traditionally results in an optimal or suboptimal
solution for the supplied set of streams and simplifying assumptions. In the current work, the …

We propose a general framework for the formulation of superstructure-based optimization
models for holistic process synthesis. First, we redefine the fundamental problems of reactor …

Abstract Organic Rankine cycles (ORCs) offer a high structural design flexibility. The best
process structure can be identified via the optimization of a superstructure, which considers …

In the present paper, an integrated scheme of first and second-generation bioethanol
production is proposed to increase the yield and decreasing thermal energy and freshwater …

The paper introduces a new iterative sequential method for optimal heat exchanger network
synthesis, that relies on an assignment problem. This method considers the splitting of hot …

Energy management technique is a direct and short way for environment protection. Many
searches and studies are published, looking for solutions of both energy and climate crisis …

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 …

Integrating the energy available in industrial processes in the form of heat and work is
fundamental to achieve higher energy efficiencies as well as to reduce process costs and …