Evaluation of hybrid optimization methods for the optimal design of heat integrated distillation sequences

Authors:
E. S. Fraga;A. Zilinskas
Affiliations:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, University College London (UCL), London WC1E 7JE, UK;Department of Chemical Engineering, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, University College London (UCL), London WC1E 7JE, UK and Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Vytautas Magnus Unive ...
Venue:
Advances in Engineering Software
Year:
2003

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Abstract

Optimal process design often requires the solution of mixed integer non-linear programming problems. Optimization procedures must be robust and efficient if they are to be incorporated in automated design systems. For heat integrated separation process design, a natural hybrid evolutionary/local search method with these properties is possible. The method is based on the use of local search methods for the continuous design parameters for the units in the process and the use of an evolutionary optimization procedure for the design of the heat exchanger network. The use of a stochastic method for the heat exchanger network aspect introduces noise in the evaluation of the objective function used by the local search methods. A smoothing procedure has been designed and implemented to improve the efficacy of the hybrid approach.This paper presents the evaluation of a variety of local search methods. It is shown that the Hooke and Jeeves algorithm, combined with a simple genetic algorithm, provides a robust, efficient and effective solution procedure for optimizing heat integrated distillation sequences.