Thermal analysis and new insights to support decision making in retrofit and relaxation of heat exchanger networks

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3479-3499

  Piacentino, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Exergy destruction; Heat exchanger networks; Relaxation; Retrofit; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; RETROFITTING; THERMOANALYSIS; TOPOLOGY; WASTE HEAT;

AUTOMATIC OPTIMIZATION; ENERGY SAVING TARGETS; EXERGY DESTRUCTIONS; HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORK; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; RECOVERY NETWORK; RELAXATION; RETROFIT;

HEAT EXCHANGERS;

EID: 80052026573     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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