Optimal facility layout under toxic release in process facilities: A stochastic approach

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 122-133

  Vázquez Román, Richart ^a   Lee, Jin Han ^b   Jung, Seungho ^c   Mannan, M Sam ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b Korea Gas Safety Corporation   (South Korea)

^c Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Convex hull; Disjunctive programming; MINLP applications; Plant layout; Toxic release uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC STABILITY; CARTESIAN COORDINATE; CONVEX HULL; CONVEX-HULL APPROACH; DISJUNCTIVE PROGRAMMING; FACILITY LAYOUT; IN-PROCESS; MINLP APPLICATIONS; MIXED INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAM; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NEW APPROACHES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTIMAL LAYOUT; PROCESS LAYOUT; RELATED VARIABLES; STOCHASTIC APPROACH; TOXIC RELEASE; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANT LAYOUT; TOXIC MATERIALS;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 71649105287     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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