Fuel Gas Network Synthesis Using Block Superstructure

Abstract

Fuel gas network (FGN) synthesis is a systematic method for reducing fresh fuel 1 consumption in a chemical plant. In this work, we address the synthesis of fuel gas network using 2 block superstructure originally proposed for process design and intensification (Demirel et.al. [1]).

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