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New simultaneous modular method for calculating multistage multicomponent separation processes
Author(s) -
Fonyo Z.,
Nishimura H.,
Yamashita Y.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690290404
Subject(s) - modular design , flexibility (engineering) , computer science , nonlinear system , separation (statistics) , algorithm , mathematical optimization , mathematics , machine learning , statistics , physics , quantum mechanics , operating system
A new flexible method has been developed for modelling multistage multicomponent separation processes. The method is based on the simultaneous modular approach and can be referred to as a quasilinear two‐level modelling. The network is solved within each iteration as a linear one, and after each network solution the split streams are updated modularly using nonlinear submodels. The method is suited for modelling the most important separation processes with arbitrary structure and permits to use different models for the subunits or processing units. Illustrative examples and computational results are presented showing the efficiency, flexibility and capability of the method.