Research Papers by Pio A. Aguirre

This paper presents a rigorous mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) model for optimal synthesis and design of dual-purpose seawater desalination plants. The proposed superstructure considers more alternative configurations than the model recently proposed by Mussati et al. [1] and all process

During the last decade intensive research and development have been carried out to increase the efficiency of the multi stage flash (MSF) desalination system. Although a great number of reviews have been published on this topic, no relevant improvements on the flow pattern distribution have been ach

A new deterministic algorithm [1] to solve a nonconvex, nonlinear optimization problem (a desalination process model) to global optimality is presented. The algorithm optimization was applied to the simplified model developed previously by Mussati et al. [2,3]. The objective was to determine the opt