Multi-objective optimization applications in chemical process engineering: Tutorial and review

GP Rangaiah, Z Feng, AF Hoadley - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
This tutorial and review of multi-objective optimization (MOO) gives a detailed explanation of
the 5 steps to create, solve, and then select the optimum result. Unlike single-objective …

Ag-based catalysts in heterogeneous selective oxidation of alcohols: a review

VV Torbina, AA Vodyankin, S Ten, GV Mamontov… - Catalysts, 2018 - mdpi.com
Alcohols (bioalcohols) is a class of chemicals that are used as a feedstock for the
manufacturing of a large number of valuable intermediates in industrially important …

Techno-economic and environmental assessment of CO2 conversion to methanol: direct versus indirect conversion routes

F Haghighatjoo, MR Rahimpour, M Farsi - Chemical Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Methanol as a clean energy source is one of the most important industrial petrochemical
products that it is used as a fuel, solvent, and intermediate substance for other component …

A state of art review on applications of multi-objective evolutionary algorithms in chemicals production reactors

Z Al Ani, AM Gujarathi, AH Al-Muhtaseb - Artificial Intelligence Review, 2023 - Springer
Chemical reactors are employed to produce several materials, which are utilized in
numerous applications. The wide use of these chemical engineering units shows their …

Integrated process for producing glycolic acid from carbon dioxide capture coupling green hydrogen

D Wang, J Li, W Meng, J Wang, K Wang, H Zhou… - Processes, 2022 - mdpi.com
A novel process path is proposed to produce glycolic acid (GA) from CO2 as the feedstock,
including CO2 capture, power-to-hydrogen, CO2 hydrogenation to methanol, methanol …

Effect of particle shape on methanol partial oxidation in a fixed bed using CFD reactor modeling

B Partopour, AG Dixon - AIChE Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Particle shape is one of the most important parameters in the design and optimization of
fixed‐bed processes. To address the impact of particle shape on methanol partial oxidation …

Economic appraisal and enhanced efficiency optimization for liquid methanol production process

A Khatamijouybari, A Ilinca - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
The presented study examines the economic viability and optimization of a previously
designed integrated process for producing liquid methanol. The annualized cost of the …

Life cycle energy consumption, environmental impact, and costing assessment of coal to ethylene glycol processes via dimethyl oxalate and formaldehyde

J Wang, D Liu, J Sun - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
The popularization of conventional dimethyl oxalate to ethylene glycol (DMOtEG) has kept
ongoing in the past decade in China. Recently, a northern China factory in construction …

Optimization of ethylene dimerization in a bubble column reactor based on coupling kinetic and equilibrium models

SM Fard, M Farsi, MR Rahimpour - Chemical Engineering Research and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The main object of this research is modeling, sensitivity analysis, and multi-objective
optimization of the ethylene dimerization process at the presence of a homogenous catalyst …

[HTML][HTML] Improved understanding of reaction kinetic identification problems using different nonlinear optimization algorithms

Z Till, T Chován, T Varga - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The correct answer regarding which nonlinear optimization algorithm should we use for a
given problem is that “it depends.” In this paper, we would like to add that “it depends, but …