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Deterministic global optimization of binary hybrid distillation/melt-crystallization processes based on relaxed MINLP formulations

Authors: Martin Ballerstein, Achim Kienle, Christian Kunde, Dennis Michaels, Robert Weismantel

Published in: Optimization and Engineering | Issue 2/2015

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This paper deals with the deterministic global optimization of hybrid distillation/melt-crystallization processes for closely boiling mixtures. An algorithm is presented that exploits the problem specific structure of continuous, counter-current distillation to reduce the domain of the corresponding mixed-integer nonlinear program (MINLP). We apply a bound tightening technique based on the explicit computation of extreme column solution profiles, which enclose all possible solutions of the distillation column model. A relaxed MINLP model formulation is then used to exclude several non-optimal and infeasible column configurations. The numerical performance of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated on a test series of stand-alone distillation column processes and hybrid separation processes.

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Title: Deterministic global optimization of binary hybrid distillation/melt-crystallization processes based on relaxed MINLP formulations
Authors: Martin Ballerstein
Achim Kienle
Christian Kunde
Dennis Michaels
Robert Weismantel
Publication date: 01-06-2015
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Optimization and Engineering / Issue 2/2015
Print ISSN: 1389-4420
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2924
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11081-014-9267-5

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