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14.2 Strategies
14.2.1 Base Case
14.2.2 Objective Functions
14.2.3 Analysis of the Base Costs
14.2.4 Identifying and Prioritizing Key Decision Variables
14.3 Topological Optimization
14.3.1 Introduction
14.3.2 Elimination of Unwanted Nonhazardous By-Products or Hazardous Waste Streams
14.3.3 Elimination and Rearrangement of Equipment
14.3.4 Alternative Separation Schemes and Reactor Configurations

14.4 Parametric Optimization
14.4.1 Single-Variable Optimization: A Case Study on T-201, the DME Separation Column
14.4.2 Two-Variable Optimization: The Effect of Pressure and Reflux Ratio on T-201, the DME
Separation Column
14.4.3 Flowsheet Optimization Using Key Decision Variables
14.5 Lattice Search Techniques versus Response Surface Techniques
14.6 Process Flexibility and the Sensitivity of the Optimum
14.7 Optimization in Batch Systems
14.7.1 Problem of Scheduling Equipment
14.7.2 Problem of Optimum Cycle Time
14.8 Summary
References

Short Answer Questions
Problems
Chapter 15 Pinch Technology
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Heat Integration and Network Design
15.3 Composite Temperature-Enthalpy Diagram
15.4 Composite Enthalpy Curves for Systems without a Pinch
15.5 Using the Composite Enthalpy Curve to Estimate Heat-Exchanger Surface Area
15.6 Effectiveness Factor (F) and the Number of Shells
15.7 Combining Costs to Give the EAOC for the Network
15.8 Other Considerations
15.8.1 Materials of Construction and Operating Pressure Issues
15.8.2 Problems with Multiple Utilities
15.8.3 Handling Streams with Phase Changes
15.9 Heat-Exchanger Network Synthesis Analysis and Design (HENSAD) Program
15.10 Mass-Exchange Networks

15.11 Summary
References
Short Answer Questions
Problems
SECTION 4 ANALYSIS OF PROCESS PERFORMANCE
Chapter 16 Process Input/Output Models
16.1 Representation of Process Inputs and Outputs
16.2 Analysis of the Effect of Process Inputs on Process Outputs
16.3 A Process Example