An Example of the Application of Nonlinear Programming to Chemical-Process Optimization

This paper presents a realistic chemical-process optimization problem in detail, and notes the fact of its equivalence to the general nonlinear programming problem. The eight equality constraints that arise are handled by algebraic substitution, and the resulting four-variable problem is solved by a...

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Published in:Operations research 1973-01, Vol.21 (1), p.296-304
Main Authors: Sriram, M, Stevens, William F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algebra
Algorithms
Fortran
Function values
Hessian matrices
Mathematical independent variables
Nonlinear programming
Nuclear reactors
Objective functions
Process improvement
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Summary:This paper presents a realistic chemical-process optimization problem in detail, and notes the fact of its equivalence to the general nonlinear programming problem. The eight equality constraints that arise are handled by algebraic substitution, and the resulting four-variable problem is solved by a modified form of the Davidon-Fletcher-Powell algorithm. Details of the method are presented (including a FORTRAN computer program), and results of two typical cases are summarized.
ISSN:0030-364X
1526-5463
DOI:10.1287/opre.21.1.296