Multiobjective optimization of a fixed bed maleic anhydride reactor using an improved biomimetic adaptation of NSGA-II

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3279-3294

  Chaudhari, Pranava ^a   Gupta, Santosh K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIO-MIMICKING; FIXED BED; INDUSTRIAL REACTORS; MAXIMUM PRODUCTIVITY; MULTIPLE OBJECTIVES; NSGA-II; OPTIMAL POINTS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PARETO OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PARETO SET; PILOT PLANT REACTOR; REACTOR MODELS; REACTOR PARAMETERS; REDUCED SENSITIVITY; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; TWO-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMIMETICS; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PILOT PLANTS; REACTION KINETICS;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84863245251     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie202276q     Document Type: Article

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