Separation networks involving mass transfer operations that do not require energy (e.g. absorption, liquid-liquid extraction, ion-exchange etc.) are characterized as mass exchange networks (MEN). These appear in the chemical industries mostly in waste treatment, but also, in feed preparation, product separation, recovery of valuable materials, etc. A mass exchanger , in this context, is any counter-current, direct-contact mass transfer unit, where one or more components are transferred at constant temperature and pressure from one process stream, which is characterized as rich stream , to another process or utility stream, characterized as lean stream. Mass integration aims to the purification of the rich streams and the recovery of valuable or hazardous materials at the minimum total cost (investment and operating cost of auxiliary streams). In the specific case, when the mass transfer operations take place at the same temperature, or heating/cooling requirements are...
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Papalexandri, K.P. (2001). Mixed Integer Linear Programming: Mass and Heat Exchanger Networks . In: Floudas, C.A., Pardalos, P.M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Optimization. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48332-7_300
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