Development of a process synthesizer in a modular environment

This paper deals with the formulation of the general Mixed-Integer Non Linear Programming problem, applied to optimal process synthesis, in a modular environment. In this environment, interest variables calculated by the simulator are implicit functions of the optimization variables (both continuous...

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Published in:Computers & chemical engineering 1995-06, Vol.19, p.33-38
Main Authors: Reneaume, J.M., Joulia, X., Koehret, B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
MINLP optimization
Modular environment
Process Synthesis
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Summary:This paper deals with the formulation of the general Mixed-Integer Non Linear Programming problem, applied to optimal process synthesis, in a modular environment. In this environment, interest variables calculated by the simulator are implicit functions of the optimization variables (both continuous and binary). We propose a new formulation of the MINLP optimization problem to handle these implicit relations. This formulation is based on the introduction of “pseudo torn streams” and “pseudo variables”.
ISSN:0098-1354
1873-4375
DOI:10.1016/0098-1354(95)87011-3