Application of linear programming in energy management

As energy and equipment costs increase, efficient energy systems become more important in the overall economics of process plants. This paper presents a method for modeling and optimizing an industrial steam-condensing system by using linear programming (LP) techniques. A linear programming method is used to minimize the total costs for energy used net costs in steam condensing systems. The LP technique will determine optimum values for the process design variables, so as to achieve minimum cost. .