We would like to thank the financial support in partfrom the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51176125);National Natural Science Foundation of China(21978171);Capacity Building Plan for some Non-military Universities and Colleges of Shanghai Scientific Committee(16060502600).
Searching the global optimal value in heat exchanger network synthesis (HENS) becomes more difficult along with the increasing scale of cases.In structural opitimization model,such as stage-wise superstructure,solutio...