FOOD AND BIOPRODUCTS PROCESSING, cilt.76, ss.149-154, 1998 (SCI-Expanded)
Energy loss or equivalent entropy generation minimization is a powerful tool to design and operate processes which use energy as well as natural resources more efficiently. Two techniques, namely; approximate optimization analysis and structural analysis may be helpful to simplify the detailed optimization task. This study considers the application of these techniques to the process of sugar production from sugar beet.