A coupled strategy for the solution of NLP and MINLP optimization problems: Benefits and pitfalls

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 48, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 9611-9621

  Silva, Helder G ^a   Salcedo, Romualdo L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUMN DIMENSIONS; FORTRAN 77; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; MIXED-INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; NON-LINEAR MODEL; NONIDEAL; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZERS; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS; SIMULATION TOOL; USER CONTROL; VAPOR-LIQUID EQUILIBRIUM;

DISTILLATION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SIMULATORS;

NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING;

EID: 72349099715     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie801613e     Document Type: Article

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