An MILP approach to safe process plant layout

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 579-586

  Patsiatzis, D I ^a   Knight, G ^a   Papageorgiou, L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mathematical programming; MILP; Optimization; Process plant layout; Safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

PLANT LAYOUTS; PLANT SAFETY;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

INDUSTRIAL PLANT; SAFETY;

EID: 2442681386     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387604323142612     Document Type: Article

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