Publication detail

A MILP-Based Iteration Method for Heat Exchanger Network Synthesis

Wang, B., Chin, H.H., Varbanov, P.S., Klemeš, J.J.

Original Title

A MILP-Based Iteration Method for Heat Exchanger Network Synthesis

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

Heat exchanger network (HEN) synthesis is an efficient way for Heat Integration in the process industry. The non-linear nature of the problem leads the solution to easily be trapped into local optima. This work proposes a mixed-linear programming model (MILP)-based iteration method for HEN synthesis. The MILP aims to minimise the total annualised cost, including utility and investment cost. The logarithmic mean temperature difference (LMTD), heat transfer area, and the investment cost are linearised. The coefficients of the linearised equations are obtained by data regression. And they are evolved through the designed iteration algorithm. Two cases have been tested to show the effectiveness of the proposed method. Results show that the proposed method is accurate on the calculation of total annualised cost, the errors for Case 1 and 2 are 0% and 0.082% compared to the results calculated by the original equations. This provides a way to solve the HEN synthesis problem in a reasonable computational time and obtain the optimal solution. © 2020 University of Split, FESB.

Keywords

heat exchanger network (HEN); iteration algorithm; linearisation; mixed-integer linear programming (MILP); synthesis

Authors

Wang, B., Chin, H.H., Varbanov, P.S., Klemeš, J.J.

Released

23. 9. 2020

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

ISBN

9789532901054

Book

2020 5th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies, SpliTech 2020

Pages from

9243853

Pages to

9243853

Pages count

13

URL

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9243853

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT168248,
  author="Bohong {Wang} and Hon Huin {Chin} and Petar Sabev {Varbanov} and Jiří {Klemeš}",
  title="A MILP-Based Iteration Method for Heat Exchanger Network Synthesis",
  booktitle="2020 5th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies, SpliTech 2020",
  year="2020",
  pages="9243853--9243853",
  publisher="Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
  doi="10.23919/SpliTech49282.2020.9243853",
  isbn="9789532901054",
  url="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9243853"
}