Integral Function to Optimize Mass Exchange Network Synthesis Model

A Novel Chessboard Model for Optimization of Mass Exchange Network Synthesis

“…The structure of the optimized network for Example 1 obtained using the chessboard model with the RWCE algorithm is shown in Figure . The figure reveals the presence of five exchange units, which differs from the structures obtained by Hou et al and Zhou et al…”

“…The structure of the optimized network for Example 1 obtained using the chessboard model with the RWCE algorithm is shown in Figure 8. The figure reveals the presence of five exchange units, which differs from the structures obtained by Hou et al 44 and Zhou et al 34 Figure 8 shows that a split of the lean stream S 2 contains two mass exchange units (indicated by the green units), similar to the structure depicted in Figure 2. This arrangement cannot be represented by the traditional SWS model, where a split of the lean stream can produce only a mass exchange unit with another split of the rich stream.…”

“…Based on this model, Chen and Hung used the general algebraic modeling system (GAMS) to solve Example 1 and achieved a TAC of 429,700 $·yr –1 . Hou et al employed an integral function with a nonlinear programming approach based on the SWS model to tackle Example 1. However, their structural matches were identical to those presented by Chen and Hung .…”