The industrial heat exchanger network synthesis (HENS) problem is very complex and
involves combinatorial problems in the “matching” between hot and cold streams to enhance …

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This paper provides a critical review of the literature on heat-exchanger network synthesis,
the most commonly studied problem in process synthesis. After a review of solution …

An important feature of heat exchanger network design is the energy—capital tradeoff. This
tradeoff has been regarded as complex due to the number of structural network alternatives …

Traditionally, design of low-temperature processes begins with the basic process (reactors
and separators). This is followed by the design of the heat exchanger network (HEN), and of …

Recent developments in pinch technology allow the capital/energy tradeoff in heat
exchanger networks to be set prior to design. Targets for both energy and capital costs are …

A heuristic approach to improving current automatic heat exchanger network synthesis
(HENS) methods is presented, where the various sets of matches that all achieve the …

This book has had a long gestation. It is, in effect, a follow-on of a book I wrote in 1994,
entitled Information, Entropy, and Progress (Ayres 1994). That book was an attempt to …

The industrial heat exchanger network synthesis (HENS) problem is very complex and
involves combinatorial problems in the “matching” between hot and cold streams to enhance …

A novel integrated multi-fuel multi-product electrical power plant with a net electrical power
output of 5.97× 10 5 kW is developed and investigated by energy and exergy analyses. The …