Synthesis of chemical processes is of non-convex and multi-modal. Deterministic strategies often fail to find global optimum within reasonable time scales. Stochastic methodologies generally approach global solution i...Synthesis of chemical processes is of non-convex and multi-modal. Deterministic strategies often fail to find global optimum within reasonable time scales. Stochastic methodologies generally approach global solution in probability. In recogniting the state of art status in the discipline, a new approach for global optimization of processes, based on sequential number theoretic optimization (SNTO), is proposed. In this approach, subspaces and feasible points are derived from uniformly scattered points, and iterations over passing the corner of local optimum are enhanced via parallel strategy. The efficiency of the approach proposed is verified by results obtained from various case studies.展开更多
It is proposed that double level programming technique may be adopted in synthesis strategy. Optimization of heat exchanger network structural configuration (the master problem) may be solved at the upper level, leavi...It is proposed that double level programming technique may be adopted in synthesis strategy. Optimization of heat exchanger network structural configuration (the master problem) may be solved at the upper level, leaving the rest operating conditions( the slave problem) being optimized at the lower level. With the uniqueness in mind, an HEN synthesis expert system may be employed to address both the logical constraints and the global operation parameters′ optimization using enhanced sequential number optimization theory.Case studies demonstrate that the synthesis strategy proposed can effectively simplify both the problem solving and the synthesis process. The validity of the strategy recommended is evidenced by case studies′ results compared.展开更多
文摘Synthesis of chemical processes is of non-convex and multi-modal. Deterministic strategies often fail to find global optimum within reasonable time scales. Stochastic methodologies generally approach global solution in probability. In recogniting the state of art status in the discipline, a new approach for global optimization of processes, based on sequential number theoretic optimization (SNTO), is proposed. In this approach, subspaces and feasible points are derived from uniformly scattered points, and iterations over passing the corner of local optimum are enhanced via parallel strategy. The efficiency of the approach proposed is verified by results obtained from various case studies.
文摘It is proposed that double level programming technique may be adopted in synthesis strategy. Optimization of heat exchanger network structural configuration (the master problem) may be solved at the upper level, leaving the rest operating conditions( the slave problem) being optimized at the lower level. With the uniqueness in mind, an HEN synthesis expert system may be employed to address both the logical constraints and the global operation parameters′ optimization using enhanced sequential number optimization theory.Case studies demonstrate that the synthesis strategy proposed can effectively simplify both the problem solving and the synthesis process. The validity of the strategy recommended is evidenced by case studies′ results compared.