Optimal Membrane System Design for Multicomponent Gas Separations

提出的研究涉及计算机辅助设计算法的发展，以优化用于气体分离的膜分离流程。该方法包括将膜模块的简单近似模型结合到一个更大的网络上层结构中，然后使用混合整数非线性规划方法（MINLP）来优化流程图结构。这种通用方法已被用于解决设计领域的其他分离列综合问题，但它在这方面的应用是新的和及时的。

The proposed research concerns the development of computer-aided design algorithms for optimizing membrane separation flowsheets used for gaseous separations. The approach to be used involves combining simple approximate models for the membrane modules in a larger network superstructure, followed by the use of mixed-integer nonlinear programming methods(MINLP)to optimize the flowsheet structure. This general approach has been used for solving other separation train synthesis problems in the design area, however its application to this is new and timely.