conference paper
On the use of process integration techniques to generate optimal steam cycle configurations for the power plant industry
2009
Pres'09: 12Th International Conference On Process Integration, Modelling And Optimisation For Energy Saving And Pollution Reduction, Pts 1 And 2
The integration of steam cycles in the power plant industry aims at optimizing the conversion of the available heat into mechanical power. The proposed method uses process integration techniques and a multi-objective optimisation procedure to generate optimal steam cycle configurations which can be ordered by complexity-costs and efficiency. The interest of this methods is to allow the integration of complex heat exchanger network layout, providing systematically alternative arrangements using an effective solving method.