Engineering Research Equipment Grant: 386 Microcomputer

过程设计是确定处理单元的最佳互连以及组成系统的单元的最佳类型和设计。在设计过程中涉及许多任务，包括确定稳态热量和物料平衡。PI的研究涉及计算机模拟和优化这一过程。这笔设备补助金将为PI提供资金，用于购买一台386微型计算机，作为其研究中的一个硬件组件。具体而言，计算机将用于(1)促进程序开发和通信，以提高超级计算机上化学过程模拟器的性能，以及(2)探索个人计算机级别和超级计算机级别之间的适当混合和交换计算。

Process design is the determination of the optimal interconnection of processing units as well as the optimal type and design of the units comprising the system. Many tasks are involved in the design procedure including determination of steady state heat and material balances. The PI's research involves computer simulation and optimization of this procedure. This equipment grant will supply funds for the PI to purchase a 386 microcomputer to be used as one hardware component in his research. Specifically, the computer will be used to (1) facilitate program development and communication in improving the performance of a chemical process simulator on a supercomputer,and (2) explore the appropriate mix and interchange of computations between the personal computer level and the supercomputer level.