Determination of independent loops in heat exchanger networks

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 164, Issue , 1998, Pages 191-204

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heat exchanger networks; Independent loops; Loop addition; Loop breaking

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY;

HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORKS (HEN); INDEPENDENT LOOPS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 0031645795     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986449808912364     Document Type: Article

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