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. 2022 Dec 20;9(1):e12521. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12521

Table 16.

Optimized values for decision variables and objective function.

Parameters Case base
Multi-objective Optimization
Units Value A B C D E
Pump efficiency, ηp % 75 75 74 79 79 78
Turbine efficiency, ηt % 80 84 85 85 85 85
Evaporator pinch, AP °C 30 30.21 30.05 30.01 33.84 30.27
Condensing temperature, Tcond °C 40 41.00 41.00 40.99 40.99 41.00
Condenser pinch, Pinch °C 15 5.02 5.04 5.02 5.01 5.01
Emergy Sustainability Index, ESI % - 4.80 3.97 1.61 3.93 4.32
Exergetic efficiency, ηII - - 44.18 47.49 68.97 70.06 72.97

A = toluene; B = cyclohexane; C = cyclohexane/R11 (0.2/0.8); D = cyclohexane/R11 (0.25/0.75); E = cyclohexane/R11 (0.30/0.70).