Optimization of continuous distillation columns using stochastic optimization approaches

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 310-322

  Ramanathan, S P ^a   Mukherjee, S ^a   Dahule, R K ^b   Ghosh, S ^a   Rahman, I ^c   Tambe, S S ^b   Ravetkar, D D ^b   Kulkarni, B D ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^c Mech Eng R and D Organisation   (India)

Author keywords

Azeotropic distillation; Continuous distillation; Distillation optimization; Genetic algorithms; Napthali Sandholm model; Simultaneous perturbation stochastic approximation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AZEOTROPES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RANDOM PROCESSES;

SIMULTANEOUS PERTURBATION STOCHASTIC APPROXIMATION (SPSA);

DISTILLATION COLUMNS;

DISTILLATION COLUMN; GENETIC ALGORITHM; OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC PROCESS;

EID: 0035300270     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387601750281671     Document Type: Article

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