Energy Optimization in Process Systems and Fuel Cells, 2nd Edition

Energy Optimization in Process Systems and Fuel Cells, 2nd Edition
Preface
Acknowledgements
1 Brief review of static optimization methods
2 Dynamic optimization problems
3 Energy limits for thermal engines and heat pumps at steady states
4 Hamiltonian optimization of imperfect cascades
5 Maximum power from solar energy
6 Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman theory of energy systems
7 Numerical optimization in allocation, storage and recovery of thermal energy and resources
8 Optimal control of separation processes
9 Optimal decisions for chemical reactors
10 Fuel cells and limiting performance of electro-chemo-biological systems
11 Systems theory in thermal and chemical engineering
12 Heat integration within process integration
13 Maximum heat recovery and its consequences for process system design
14 Targeting and supertargeting in heat exchanger network design
15 Minimum utility cost (MUC) target by optimization approaches
16 Minimum number of units (MNU) and minimum total surface area (MTA) targets
17 Simultaneous HEN targeting for total annual cost
18 Heat exchanger network synthesis
19 Heat exchanger network retrofit
20 Approaches to water network design
References
Glossary of symbols
Index