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Multi-objective optimization-tool for the universal application in chemical process design
Publikationstyp
Journal Article
Date Issued
2017-09-05
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Institut
TORE-URI
Volume
40
Issue
10
Start Page
1867
End Page
1875
Citation
Chemical Engineering and Technology 10 (40): 1867-1875 (2017-10-01)
Publisher DOI
Scopus ID
Publisher
Wiley-VCH Verl.-Ges.
A universally applicable procedure for multi-objective optimization of chemical processes is developed. A set of known methods and procedures is adapted, combined with newly developed concepts, and integrated into the developed optimization tool, namely, the Adv:ProcessOptimizer. It allows for efficient, comfortable, and robust optimization of a process which is modeled in one of the various linked commercial simulation tools. As a result, the application of the process design with an overlaid optimization is easily accessible for academia and process industry. The industrial styrene process was optimized in order to validate the method. The results show a very densely and mostly equally crowded Pareto front and considerable savings in investment as well as operating costs compared to two reference designs.
Subjects
Chemical process design
Genetic algorithm
Mixed integer nonlinear programming
Multi-objective optimization
DDC Class
540: Chemie
620: Ingenieurwissenschaften
More Funding Information
Financially supported by the German FederalMinistry of Economics and Technology as part of the ZIM pro-gram (Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand).