The chemical processes and utility industries are central issues to modern living standards.
The society evolution dictates that chemical processes will need continuous development …

Dealing with uncertainty is one of practical issues in design and operation of heat exchanger
networks (HENs), arising the problem of flexible HEN synthesis. This paper addresses the …

Fouling is a problem in crude oil refineries. The effect of fouling deposition is particularly
significant in the heat exchanger network (or pre-heat train) upstream of the crude oil …

This is the second part of a series that applies optimization to maximize the productivity and
minimize operating costs of existing heat-integrated crude oil distillation systems. This paper …

Integrating solar thermal energy into conventional coal-fired power plant has been proved to
be an efficient way to use solar energy and improve the generation efficiency of coal-fired …

The design of distillation columns often considers a given fixed feedstock and nominal
operating conditions. Here we present an optimization-based approach for the optimal …

This paper addresses the optimization of cleaning schedules of heat exchangers in crude
preheat trains in petroleum refineries. The optimization approach is based on a heuristic …

Crude oil atmospheric distillation in petroleum refineries involves a heat exchanger network
to heat the crude using hot side streams and pumparounds. This energy integration reduces …

Engineering projects to increase the capacity of existing heat-integrated crude oil distillation
columns are commonplace. Retrofit projects aim to exploit the processing capacity of …

The deposition of an undesired material on the heat transfer surfaces is a recurrent problem
that affects the overall performance of heat exchanger networks (HENs). A wide variety of …