Multi-Objective Optimization and Decision Support in Process Engineering - Implementation and Application

Jakob Burger, Norbert Asprion, Sergej Blagov, Roger Böttcher, Uwe Nowak, Michael Bortz, Richard Welke, Karl Heinz Küfer, Hans Hasse

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Abstract

Chemical process design is a multi-objective optimization problem with conflicting objectives. It can be solved efficiently by calculating the Pareto frontier, a set of Pareto-optimal compromises. This work describes how multi-objective optimization and decision support techniques have been implemented in the process simulation software CHEMASIM. The Pareto frontier is calculated automatically and an innovative slider concept is used to navigate the results and to support the decision making. With the help of two examples, the optimization of the process design workflow is demonstrated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1065-1072
Number of pages8
JournalChemie-Ingenieur-Technik
Volume86
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Decision support
  • Multi-objective optimization
  • Pareto optimization
  • Process design
  • Software tool

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