Prospects and challenges for chemical process synthesis with P-graph

• Main Authors: Friedler, Ferenc, Aviso, Kathleen B., Bertok, Botond, Foo, Dominic CY, Tan, Raymond Girard R.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Chemical processes; Production engineering; Plant layout; Chemical Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3573; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/4575/type/native/viewcontent/j.coche.2019.08.007
• Institution: De La Salle University

P-graph framework was developed to solve Process Network Synthesis (PNS) problems in plant design. It provides a powerful engineering toolbox based on the constituent Maximal Structure Generation (MSG), Solution Structure Generation (SSG) and Accelerated Branch-and-Bound (ABB) algorithms. During the four decades of its development, the P-graph framework has proven to be capable of solving various engineering applications framed as PNS problems. This review paper gives a survey of the development of the P-graph framework, with emphasis on its enhancements and the diversification of applications in process engineering. Research gaps and promising directions for P-graph research are then discussed. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd The