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Dynamische Programmierung in der chemischen Technik Die Optimierung chemischer Reaktionsausbeuten
Author(s) -
Grütter W. F.,
Messikommer B. H.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
helvetica chimica acta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.74
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1522-2675
pISSN - 0018-019X
DOI - 10.1002/hlca.19600430742
Subject(s) - chemistry , dynamic programming , residence time (fluid dynamics) , biochemical engineering , mathematical optimization , engineering , mathematics , geotechnical engineering
The growing complexity of the problems the chemical engineer faces nowadays calls ever more urgently for the development of systematic methods yielding not just a random solution, but the best possible or optimal one. Our endeavours to find an adequate too for this purpose have drawn our attention to the theory of dynamic programming developed some years ago by Bellman in the field of operational research. In this paper the method is explained by means of an example: the optimization of a cascade of continuous, stirred tank reactors with respect to yield, achieved in our case by optimal distribution of the total residence time between the vessels.