Abstract

A two-stage procedure is proposed for the minimisation of wastewater. In the first stage, heuristic rules are used to find the initial feasible flowsheet; in the second stage, the flow rates of streams in the initial flowsheet are determined by mass balance of the contaminants. The operations considered in this work include re-use, regeneration, mixing and bypassing of water streams. The proposed procedure is simple and the results of the examples studied are comparable with or better than those found in the literature.

Recommended Citation

Liu, Zhi-Yong; Zhang, Zisheng Jason; Hu, Linna; and Wu, Zhaoliang (2004) "Wastewater Minimisation Using a Heuristic Procedure," International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering: Vol. 2: A25.
Available at: http://www.bepress.com/ijcre/vol2/A25