Design of alternative refrigerants via global optimization

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1761-1775

  Sahinidis, Nikolaos V ^a   Tawarmalani, Mohit ^b   Yu, Minrui ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Marconi Communications   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; MOLECULES; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

MOLECULAR DESIGN;

REFRIGERANTS;

CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; DICHLORODIFLUOROMETHANE; OZONE;

ALGORITHM; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; REFRIGERANT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FREEZING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; REFRIGERATOR; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0038148309     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690490714     Document Type: Article

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