THE HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORK PROBLEM a chemical plant generally has more than one hot steam to be cooled and more than one cold stream to be heated. To better understand this problem let us consider the following simple example 2199 HENS 1: Targeting
2/21/99 HENS 1: Targeting 6 THE HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORK PROBLEM A chemical plant generally has more than one hot steam to be cooled and more than one cold stream to be heated. To better understand this problem let us consider the following simple example
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2/21/99 HENS 1: Targeting 7 1000 kg/h, 30 C Heat to 200 C Cool to 30 C 10,000 kg/h, 250 C 9,000 kg/h, 30 C 1,500 kg/h, 100 C 16,000 kg/h 15,000 kg/h ~1 kg/h 500 kg/h Cool to 30 C REACTOR Heat to 100 C ABSORBER STRIPPER