Computers & Chemical Engineering, Vol.34, No.5, 700-706, 2010
Solution of separation-network synthesis problems by the P-graph methodology
The current work demonstrates that separation-network synthesis (SNS) problems can be transformed into process-network synthesis (PNS) problems: the SNS problems constitute a particular class of PNS problems. Thus, the transformed SNS problems are solvable by resorting to the P-graph methodology originally introduced for the PNS problems. The methodology has been unequivocally proven to be inordinately effective. (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Keywords:Separation-network synthesis;Optimization;P-graphs;Process-network synthesis;Mathematical modeling