The performance of emerging biochemical systems rests on their potential to adapt to
uncertainties quickly and accurately. Flexibility analysis is a quantitative framework for …

This paper provides an overview of concepts and computational approaches for the
evaluation of feasibility/flexibility and how they can be used for process design and process …

Cooling water systems (CWSs) are extensively utilized in various industries to eliminate the
excess heat and converse energy. Studies on CWSs mainly concentrated on finding the …

The rapid development in water-energy systems calls for advanced modeling and
optimization tools to improve the technologies throughputs and minimize their energy …

Flexibility analyses are widespread in chemical engineering to quantify allowed deviations
from nominal conditions. Standard approaches to perform flexibility analysis can be hard to …

The operational flexibility of a chemical process refers to its ability to maintain feasible
operations despite uncertain deviations from the nominal conditions. It is an important …

The traditional methods for synthesizing flexible heat exchanger networks (HENs) are not
directly applicable to inter-plant HEN challenges, primarily due to the spread of system …

Co‐location of power plants and desalination systems allows for a reduction in operational
expense through energy integration. Furthermore, augmenting fossil‐based power plants …

The chemical industry is experiencing the transition into a more sustainable and flexible
paradigm due to global competition and environmental regulations. Apart from using …

Since the dynamic processes are usually described by either ODEs or PDEs, it is
straightforward to evaluate the dynamic flexibility index by discretizing them and then …