aFaculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, Maribor SI-2000, Slovenia;bSchool of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, 73019, USA
Abstract:
This paper presents a new approach for the simultaneous synthesis and optimization of heat integrated water networks. A new superstructure for heat exchanger network (HEN) synthesis is proposed. The procedure is based on mixed integer non-linear mathematical programming (MINLP). Four relevant examples are presented to illustrate various aspects of the proposed approach.