This article first reviews recent developments in process synthesis and discusses some of
the major challenges in the theory and practice in this area. Next, the article reviews key …

The active management of electricity demand, also referred to as demand side management
(DSM), has been recognized as an effective approach to improving power grid performance …

With the increasing penetration of renewable generating units, especially in remote areas
not well connected with load demand, there are growing interests to co-optimize generation …

Current and future challenges of optimization in the process industry are discussed. The gap
between academic research and industrial workflow is analyzed. Moreover, issues arising …

We address nonconvex bilinear problems where the main objective is the computation of a
tight lower bound for the objective function to be minimized. This can be obtained through a …

This work presents a review of the main deterministic mixed‐integer nonlinear programming
(MINLP) solution methods for problems with convex and nonconvex functions. An overview …

Renewable multi-energy systems have become a promising solution for deep
decarbonization. However, government subsidy is needed to incentivize the deployment of …

The concept of cryogenic energy storage (CES) is to store energy in the form of liquid gas
and vaporize it when needed to drive a turbine. Although CES on an industrial scale is a …

This paper addresses an integrated framework for deciding about the supplier selection in
the processed food industry under uncertainty. The relevance of including tactical production …

In 2020, China pledged to become carbon neutral before 2060, which implies the
acceleration of China's low-carbon energy transition and development of new energy (wind …