Heat exchanger networks retrofit with considering pressure drop by coupling genetic algorithm with LP (linear programming) and ILP (integer linear programming) methods

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2381-2391

  Soltani, Hadi ^a   Shafiei, Sirous ^a  

^a SAHAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithm (GA); Heat exchanger networks (HENs); Integer linear programming (ILP); Linear programming (LP); Pressure drop; Retrofit

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PRESSURE DROP; PROFITABILITY; RETROFITTING;

CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; ENERGY RECOVERY; HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORK; HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORKS (HENS); INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MINIMUM APPROACH; OPTIMUM SOLUTION; RETROFIT; SPLIT RATIO; STRUCTURAL MODIFICATIONS;

LINEAR PROGRAMMING;

DECISION MAKING; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HEAT TRANSFER; LINEAR PROGRAMING; PRESSURE DROP;

EID: 79955667839     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.01.017     Document Type: Article

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