This paper provides a critical review of the literature on heat-exchanger network synthesis,
the most commonly studied problem in process synthesis. After a review of solution …

This paper presents a generalized method for the synthesis of heat-exchanger networks
(HENs) based on genetic algorithms (GAs). This approach is a modification of the algorithm …

The simultaneous synthesis of heat exchanger network is primarily regarded as mixed
integer nonlinear programming models and its combinatorial nature can easily lead to a …

Heat exchanger network synthesis (HENS) has been one of the most-studied problems in
process synthesis. Nevertheless, the complexity of the HENS problem provides enough …

This paper describes the implementation of a meta-heuristic optimization approach, Tabu
Search (TS), for heat exchanger networks (HEN) synthesis and compares this approach to …

In many industrial processes, heat exchanger networks are used to transfer heat among
more than two process streams, in which the cold streams are heated by the hot streams that …

This study presents a new hybrid methodology for synthesis of cost-optimal heat exchanger
networks (HENs). The problem is solved in a two-level approach. The upper level generates …

This study presents developed approaches that could be used for retrofitting of existing heat
exchanger networks (HENs) within individual processes and industrial sites to achieve lower …

In this work optimal synthesis of heat exchanger networks (HENs) is focused on, namely the
minimization of total annual costs (TAC). An efficient combination of optimization strategies …

In the present paper, a bi-level optimization approach is proposed to synthesize Heat
Exchanger Networks (HEN), based on a hybrid meta-heuristic method. Simulated Annealing …