Identification of Heat Load Loops and Downstream Paths in Heat Exchanger Networks

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 876-882

  Zhu, J ^a   Han, Z ^a,b   Rao, M ^a   Chuang, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Downstream paths; Graph theory; Heat exchanger networks; Heat load loops; Node adjacency matrix; Stream table

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; GRAPH THEORY; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THERMAL LOAD; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

DOWNSTREAM PATHS; HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORKS; HEAT LOAD LOOPS; NODE ADJACENCY MATRIX; STREAM TABLE;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; NETWORKS;

EID: 0030433231     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450740609     Document Type: Article

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