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Cl 2 C H O 2
2 4
R 1 R 2

Step 5 C H Cl 2 H O
2 4
2
R 3

C H Cl HCl
2 3

R 1 R 2 R 1 R 2

C H Cl 2 H O C H Cl 2 H O
2
2 4
2
2 4
R 3 R 3
C H Cl HCl C H Cl HCl
2 3
2 3
Step 3 Step 4

C H Cl 2
2 4
R 3 R 3

H Cl
C 2 3 HCl C H Cl HCl
2 3
Step 1 Step 2

FIGURE 8.2 Steps for the composition of the maximal structure representing
the maximal reaction network for the manufacture of vinyl chloride.

The maximal reaction network serves as the input to algorithms
SSG and Accelerated Branch-and-Bound (ABB). Algorithm SSG
generates all combinatorially feasible reaction networks, and algorithm
ABB identifies a set of the most favorable reaction networks.
8.3.2 Optimal Synthesis of Heterogeneous Flowsheets

Synthesis of Optimal Workflow Structures
Workflow technology has become a general tool for a wide range of
business and management applications (Tick, Kovács, and Friedler,