Strategy for large-scale non-linear optimization applied to a spouted bed reactor

• Grant number: 13/14896-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Start date: March 01, 2014
• End date: February 28, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Process Industries
• Principal Investigator: Reginaldo Guirardello
• Grantee: Daison Manuel Yancy Caballero
• Supervisor: Lorenz T. Biegler
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Química (FEQ). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 11/22800-3 - OPTIMIZATION OF A MODIFIED SPOUTED BED REACTOR FOR ETHYLENE PRODUCTION FROM METHANE, BP.DR

Abstract

This proposal of research internship abroad aims to identify and evaluate a non-linear programming strategy to solve an optimization problem formed by a set of algebraic and differential equations distributed in space. This research seeks to contribute to a Ph.D. research project "Optimization of a modified spouted bed reactor for ethylene production from methane (Process n° 2011/22800-3)" sponsored by FAPESP, whose purpose is find optimal operating conditions for the oxidative coupling of methane in a modified spouted bed reactor. This work will be developed in cooperation with the Biegler's Research Group at the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) localized in Pittsburgh, United States, under the supervision of Prof. Lorenz T. Biegler, whose curriculum supports his broad knowledge about simulation and optimization of systems of differential and algebraic equations involved in chemical processes. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

YANCY-CABALLERO, D. M.; BIEGLER, L. T.; GUIRARDELLO, R.. Large-scale DAE-constrained optimization applied to a modified spouted bed reactor for ethylene production from methane. Computers & Chemical Engineering, v. 113, p. 162-183, MAY 8 2018. (11/22800-3, 13/14896-6)