U.S.-Brazil Cooperative Science Program: Dynamical Process Simulation on Computers with Parallel Architectures

这项美国-巴西合作科学奖将 支持Manfred Morari合作， 加州理工学院 Skjellum，加州大学劳伦斯分校 利弗莫尔国家实验室 Biscaia，里约热内卢联邦大学; 和Argimiro Secchi，里约联邦大学 南格朗德，巴西。 该项目旨在 对替代方案进行比较分析， 化工过程动态模拟 具有并行架构的计算机， 超级计算机 化工过程模拟负责 在微型机和大型机上使用的CPU周期数 电脑 仿真模型描述 具有现实复杂性的工业过程 转化为非常大的问题 尺寸，和高速模拟器是 使这些模拟可行。 因此，必须使用高速计算机， 适合这些计算机的模拟器必须 开发 在这个项目中，研究人员 将考虑一系列工业问题， 为了提高性能， 开发的算法，并提供更可靠的 与商业动态模拟器的比较。 这个项目对双方都有利 从巴西方面的专业知识， 模拟，美方计算， 加州理工学院的设施

This US-Brazil Cooperative Science award will support collaboration of Manfred Morari, California Institute of Technology; Anthony Skjellum, University of California Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Evaristo Biscaia, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; and Argimiro Secchi, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The project aims to make a comparative analysis of alternatives for dynamic simulation of chemical processes on computers with parallel architectures and supercomputers. Chemical process simulation is responsible for many CPU cycles used on mini and mainframe computers. Simulation models describing industrial processes of realistic complexity translate into problems of very large dimension, and high-speed simulators are required to make these simulations feasible. Thus, high-speed computers must be used, and simulators suitable for these computers must be developed. In this project, the researchers will consider a range of industrial problems in order to improve the performance of the developed algorithms and provide more reliable comparisons with commercial dynamic simulators. The mutual benefits of this project will accrue from the Brazilian side's expertise in dynamic simulation, and the US side's computing facilities at Caltech.