University of Isfahan Gas Processing Journal 2322-3251 1 1 2013 01 01 The Design of the Best Heat Integrated Separation Systems Using Harmony Search Algorithm 19 40 20162 10.22108/gpj.2013.20162 EN Gholam Reza Salehi Islamic Azad University Branch of Nowshahr, Iran 0000-0002-7866-358X Majid Amidpour Energy System Engineering Department, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Iran Bahram Ghorbani Energy System Engineering Department, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Iran Kazem Hasanzadeh Lashkajani Energy System Engineering Department, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Iran Journal Article 2016 06 15 The<br /> synthesis of heat integrated multi-component distillation systems is complex<br /> due to its huge search space for structural combination and optimization<br /> computation. To provide a systematic approach and tools for the synthesis<br /> design of distillation systems, a new method for modeling heat integrated columns<br /> is presented, and the operating cost objective function is minimized by<br /> improved harmony search algorithm (IHS). This paper studies a quick method for<br /> the synthesis of heat integrated distillation column sequences and IHS -based<br /> optimization strategy for the optimization of separation sequences with their<br /> heat integration.  https://gpj.ui.ac.ir/article_20162_439ea12ae7b36ea933e2dc029c2115fe.pdf