TY - JFULL AU - B. Jabbari and N. Tahouni and M. H. Panjeshahi PY - 2012/6/ TI - Optimum Design of an Absorption Heat Pump Integrated with a Kraft Industry using Genetic Algorithm T2 - International Journal of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering SP - 922 EP - 929 VL - 6 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/13841 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 65, 2012 N2 - In this study the integration of an absorption heat pump (AHP) with the concentration section of an industrial pulp and paper process is investigated using pinch technology. The optimum design of the proposed water-lithium bromide AHP is then achieved by minimizing the total annual cost. A comprehensive optimization is carried out by relaxation of all stream pressure drops as well as heat exchanger areas involving in AHP structure. It is shown that by applying genetic algorithm optimizer, the total annual cost of the proposed AHP is decreased by 18% compared to one resulted from simulation. ER -