Multiobjective optimization of a porous ceramic membrane reactor for oxidative coupling of methane

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 6469-6481

  Quddus, Mohammad R ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Ray, Ajay K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN STAGE; ELITIST NON-DOMINATED SORTING GENETIC ALGORITHMS; JUMPING GENE; MEMBRANE REACTOR; NSGA-II; OXIDATIVE COUPLING OF METHANE; PARAMETRIC SENSITIVITY; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; POROUS CERAMIC MEMBRANES; PROCESS PARAMETERS; TWO-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

BIOREACTORS; CERAMIC MEMBRANES; GENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHANE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79952475314     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie900971p     Document Type: Article

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