AUTOMATIC EVOLUTION OF HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORKS WITH SIMULTANEOUS HEAT EXCHANGER DESIGN
Recently, a new software (AtHENS) that automatically synthesizes a heat exchanger network with minima consumption of utilities was developed. This work deals with the next step, which represents the evolution of the initial network. Hence, new procedures to identify and break loops are incorporated,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering
1999-03-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66321999000100004 |