Highlights•Heat Integration (HI) has been an initial part of Process Integration (PI) for more
40 years now.•HI development has accelerated over the years.•The main two approaches …

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

Recent developments in data science and machine learning have inspired a new wave of
research into data-driven modeling for mathematical optimization of process applications …

This paper proposes a new MINLP model for heat exchanger network synthesis that
includes streams with phase change. The model considers every possible combination of …

Several methods for heat exchanger networks (HEN) design are based on the use of
superstructures. The models they give rise to can lead to different design options to be …

This paper presents an optimization model for the simultaneous synthesis and detailed
design of re-circulating cooling water systems. A cooler network superstructure that embeds …

In this work a computational framework is proposed for the synthesis of flexible and
controllable heat exchanger networks. The synthesis is projected to operate over a specified …

This paper presents an optimisation model for the synthesis of heat exchanger networks
(HEN) including the detailed design of the equipments formulated as a decomposition …

We propose a new strategy to synthesize heat exchanger networks with detailed designs of
individual heat exchangers. The proposed strategy uses a multistep approach by first …

This paper presents a procedure for simultaneously handling the problem of optimal
integration of regenerative organic Rankine cycles (ORCs) with overall processes. ORCs …