Chapter 1 Introduction to Process Optimization

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Book_tem2010/7/27page 1 Chapter 1Introduction to ProcessOptimizationMost things can be improved, so engineers and scientists optimize. While designing systemsand products requires a deep understanding of influences that achieve desirable performance,the need for anefficient and systematic decision-making approachdrives the need for opti-mization strategies. This introductory Chapter provides the motivation for this topic as wellas a description of applications in chemical engineering. Optimization applications can befound in almost all areas of engineering. Typical problems in chemical engineering arise inprocess design, Process control, model development, Process identification, and real-timeoptimization. The Chapter provides an overall description of Optimization problem classeswith a focus on problems with continuous variables.

book_tem 2010/7/27 page 2 2 Chapter 1. Introduction to Process Optimization Optimization is a fundamental and frequently applied task for most engineering ac-

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