Supertargeting for mass exchange networks Part II: Applications

The second part of this paper applies the techniques developed in the first part to four literature examples, featuring among them multiple mass separ ating agents (MSAs), multiple components being transferred, regeneration of one of the MSAs, and reactive mass exchange with non-linear equilibrium re lationships. In all but the simplest example, the designs developed using t hese techniques had total annual costs (TACs) which were significantly less than those previously obtained when optimizing the problems using MINLP an d state-space methods. In all cases the targets obtained by supertargeting before design were closely approached in design, indicating that these targ ets may meaningfully be used to screen alternative design options.