Achieving profitably, operationally, and environmentally compromise flow-sheet designs by a single-criterion optimization

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2131-2141

  Kasaš, Mihael ^a   Kravanja, Zdravko ^a   Pintarič, Zorka Novak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Economic; Efficiency; Environment; Optimization; Profitability; Single criterion

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CRITERIA; ECONOMIC OBJECTIVES; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; FINANCIAL INDICATOR; IN-PROCESS; MULTI-CRITERIA; NET PRESENT VALUE; OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES; OPTIMAL DESIGN; SINGLE-CRITERION; SYNTHESIS PROBLEMS;

DESIGN; ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY; PROFITABILITY;

OPTIMIZATION;

POLYGALA INCARNATA;

EID: 84862027006     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12747     Document Type: Article

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