Operational cost minimization in cooling water systems

Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 649-658

  Castro, M M ^a   Song, T W ^a   Pinto, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cooler network; Cooling towers; Cooling water systems; Nonlinear optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348237148     PISSN: 01046632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0104-66322000000400029     Document Type: Article

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