On the robust application of stochastic optimisation technology for the synthesis of reaction/separation systems

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 733-758

  Linke, Patrick ^a   Kokossis, Antonis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptual design; Multiphase reactions; Optimisation; Process synthesis; Separations; Systems engineering

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEPARATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION TECHNOLOGY;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

MATHEMATICAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; REACTIVE SEPARATION; SEPARATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIPHASE REACTION; PROBABILITY; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; STOCHASTIC OPTIMISATION TECHNOLOGY; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

EID: 0037447861     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-1354(02)00253-3     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Aarts, E. H. L., & van Laarhoven, P. G. M. (1985). Statistical cooling: a general approach to combinatorial optimization problems. Philips Journal of Research 40, 193.
2. Athier, G., Floquet, P., Pibouleau, L., & Domenech, S. (1997). Process optimization by simulated annealing and NLP procedures: application to heat exchanger network synthesis. Computers and Chemical Engineering 21, S475.
3. Cardoso, Salcedo, R. L., Feyo de Azevedo, S., & Barbosa, D. (2000). Optimization of reactive distillation processes with simulated annealing. Chemical and Engineering Science 55, 5059.
4. Chaudhuri, P. D., & Diwekar, U. M. (1996). Process synthesis under uncertainty: a penalty function approach. American Institute of Chemical Engineering Journal 42 (3), 742.
5. Chaudhuri, P. D., & Diwekar, U. M. (1997). Synthesis under uncertainty with simulators. Computers and Chemical Engineering 21 (7), 733.
6. Chaudhuri, P. D., Diwekar, U. M., & Logsdon, J. S. (1997). Automated approach for the optimal design of heat exchangers. Industrial Engineering and Chemical Research 36 (9), 3685.
7. Chen, H. S., & Stadtherr, M. A. (1981). A modification of Powell's dogleg method for solving systems of nonlinear equations. Computers and Chemical Engineering 5 (3), 143.
8. Ciric, A. R., & Gu, D. (1994). Synthesis of nonequilibrium reactive distillation processes by MINLP optimization. American Institute of Chemical Engineering Journal 40 (9), 1479.
9. Committee on the Next Decade of Operations Research (1988). Operations research: the next decade. Operations Research 36, 619.
10. Cordero, J. C., Davin, A., Floquet, P., Pibouleau, L., & Domenech, S. (1997). Synthesis of optimal reactor networks using mathematical programming and simulated annealing. Computers and Chemical Engineering 21, S47.
11. Das, H., Cummings, P. T., & LeVan, M. D. (1990). Scheduling of serial multiproduct batch processes via simulated annealing. Computers and Chemical Engineering 14 (12), 1351.
12. Dolan, W. V., Cummings, P. T., & LeVan, M. D. (1989). Process optimization via simulated annealing: application to network design. American Institute of Chemical Engineering Journal 35 (5), 725.
13. Dolan, W. V., Cummings, P. T., & LeVan, M. D. (1990). Algorithmic efficiency of simulated annealing for heat exchanger networks. Computers and Chemical Engineering 14 (10), 1039.
14. Floquet, P., Pibouleau, L., & Domenech, S. (1994). Separation sequence synthesis - how to use simulated annealing procedure. Computers and Chemical Engineering 18, 1141.
15. Glover, F. (1986). Future paths for integer programming and links with artificial intelligence. Computers & Operations Research 5, 533-549.
16. Glover, F. (1989). Tabu search - Part I. ORSA Journal of Computers 1, 190.
17. Glover, F. (1990). Tabu search - Part II. ORSA Journal of Computers 2, 4.
18. Glover, F. (1993). A user's guide to Tabu search. Annals of Operations Research 41, 3.
19. Glover, F., Tailard, E., & deWerra, D. (1993). A user's guide to tabu search. Annals of Operations Research 41, 3-28.
20. Goldberg, D. (1989). Genetic algorithms in search, optimization and machine learning. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
21. Hanke, M., & Li, P. (2000). Simulated annealing for the optimization of batch distillation processes. Computers and Chemical Engineering 24 (1), 1.
22. Hansen, P. (1986). The steepest ascend mildest descend heuristic for combinatorial programming. Numerical Methods in Combinatorial Optimisation, Capri, Italy.
23. Ismail, R. S., Pistikopoulos, E. N., & Papalexandri, K. P. (1999). Synthesis of combined reactive and reactor/separation systems utilizing a mass/heat exchange transfer module. Chemical Engineering Sciences 54, 2721.
24. Kirkpatrick, S., Gelatt, C. D., & Vecchi, M. P. (1983). Optimization by simulated annealing. Science 220, 671.
25. Kokossis, A. C., & Floudas, C. A. (1991). Synthesis of isothermal reactor-separator-recycle systems. Chemical and Engineering Science 46, 1361.
26. Linke, P. (2001). Ph.D. Thesis. University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK.
27. Linke, P., & Kokossis, A. C. (2003a). Attainable Reaction and Separation Processes from a Superstructure-Based Method. AIChE Journal, accepted for publication.
28. Linke, P., & Kokossis, A. C. (2003b). A multi-level methodology for conceptual rection-separation process design. Submitted for publication in Chemical Engineering Science.
29. Maia, L. O. A., Vidal de Carvalho, L. A., & Qassim, R. Y. (1995). Synthesis of utility systems by simulated annealing. Computers and Chemical Engineering 19 (4), 481.
30. Marcoulaki, E. C., & Kokossis, A. C. (1999). Screening and scoping complex reaction networks using stochastic optimization. American Institute of Chemical Engineering Journal 45 (9), 1977.
31. Marcoulaki, E. C., & Kokossis, A. C. (2000a). On the development of novel chemicals using a systematic synthesis approach. I. Optimisation framework. Chemical and Engineering Science 55 (13), 2529.
32. Marcoulaki, E. C., & Kokossis, A. C. (2000b). On the development of novel chemicals using a systematic synthesis approach. II. Solvent design. Chemical and Engineering Science 55 (13), 2547.
33. Mehta, V. L. (1998). Ph.D. Thesis, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK.
34. Mehta, V. L., & Kokossis, A. C. (2000). Nonisothermal Synthesis of Homogeneous and Multiphase Reactor Networks. AIChE Journal 46, 2256.
35. Mehta, V. L., & Kokossis, A. C. (1997). Development of novel multiphase reactors using a systematic design framework. Computers and Chemical Engineering 21, S325.
36. Mehta, V. L., & Kokossis, A. C. (1998). New generation tools for multiphase reaction systems: a validated systematic methodology for novelty and design automation. Computers and Chemical Engineering 22, S119.
37. Metropolis, N., Rosenbluth, A. W., Rosenbluth, M. N., Teller, A. H., & Teller, E. (1953). Equation of state calculations for fast computing machines. Journal of Chemical Physics 21 (6), 1087.
38. Ohlemuller, M. (1997). Tabu search for large location-allocation problems. European Journal of Operations Research 48 (7), 745.
39. Painton, L. A., & Diwekar, U. M. (1995). Stochastic annealing for synthesis under uncertainty. European Journal of Operations Research 83, 489.
40. Papalexandri, K. P., & Pistikopoulos, E. N. (1996). Generalized modular representation framework for process synthesis. American Institute of Chemical Engineering Journal 42 (4), 1010.
41. Patel, A. N., Mah, R. S. H., & Karimi, I. A. (1991). Preliminary design of multiproduct noncontinuous plants using simulated annealing. Computers and Chemical Engineering 15 (7), 451.
42. Stein, E., Kienle, A., Esparta, A. R. J., Mohl, K. D., & Gilles, E. D. (1999). Optimization of a reactor network for ethylene glycol synthesis - an algorithmic approach. Computers and Chemical Engineering 23, S903.
43. Vanderbilt, D., & Louie, S. G. (1984). A Monte Carlo simulated annealing approach to optimization over continuous variables. Journal of Computational Physics 56 (2), 259.
44. Wang, C., Quan, H., & Xu, X. (1999). Optimal design of multiproduct batch chemical processes using Tabu search. Computers and Chemical Engineering 23, 427.
45. Zheng, C., & Wang, P. (1996). Parameter structure identification using Tabu search and simulated annealing. Advances in Water Resource 19 (4), 427.