CHE6884 Process modelling and optimisation

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Generate models of chemical and biological processes respecting conservation laws, apply suitable constraints and constitutive relations and determine an appropriate solution algorithm.

2. 2

   Assess complex models of chemical processes with an understanding of the mathematical structure of the model and the convergence methods used to obtain the model solution.

3. 3

   Assess the appropriate optimisation strategy for linear, non-linear, unconstrained, constrained and mixed integer models from a fundamental understanding of functional and constraint convexity, or determine the appropriate evolutionary solution strategy when convexity is not assured.

4. 4

   Demonstrate both single objective and multi-objective optimisation of process models to improve the process objective(s), which assess the sustainability of chemical processes using the life cycle assessment methodology.