Heat Integration with heat exchanger network (HEN) is a widely used way to save energy
and improve efficiency. Varied types of heat exchangers and materials would influence the …

Refrigeration systems currently utilize 17% of total electric energy, and this consumption is
expected to increase by more than 30% by 2050. Moreover, these systems significantly …

Electrical circuit analogy is an effective method for the performance analysis of various heat
transfer processes, whereas there is no equivalent thermal circuit for heat exchanger …

The simultaneous synthesis of heat exchanger network is primarily regarded as mixed
integer nonlinear programming models and its combinatorial nature can easily lead to a …

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 is an essential optimisation tool for Process Integration,
particularly in energy-intensive industries. Proper design or retrofit of heat exchanger …

Real-time and short-term prediction of river flow is essential for efficient flood management.
To obtain accurate flow predictions, a reliable rainfall-runoff model must be used. This study …

Heat Exchanger Network (HEN) synthesis is an important field of study in process
engineering. However, obtaining optimal HEN design is a complex task. When …

In many industrial processes, heat exchanger networks are used to transfer heat among
more than two process streams, in which the cold streams are heated by the hot streams that …

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 …