(534g) Global Optimization of Nonconvex MINLP Problems by Domain and Image Partitioning with Applications to Heat Exchanger Networks
AIChE Annual Meeting
2012
2012 AIChE Annual Meeting
Process Development Division
Applications of Process Synthesis
Wednesday, October 31, 2012 - 5:15pm to 5:35pm
Global Optimization of Nonconvex MINLP Problems by Domain and Image Partitioning with Applications to Heat Exchanger Networks
Sung Young Kim, Debora Faria and *Miguel Bagajewicz
School of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, University of Oklahoma
100 East Boyd Street, T-335 – Norman, OK 73019-0628 USA
* Corresponding Author
Abstract
We propose a new method to obtain the global optimum of full nonconvex MINLP problems. The method is based on partitioning the domain and image of nonconvex functions. The procedure we propose uses an MILP lower bound constructed using domain/image partitioning. Then a newly developed bound contraction procedure is applied and compared to branch and bound as well as branch and bound with bound contraction at each node. To illustrate the method we focus on the heat exchanger network stage-wise model. Results show a robust behaviour where the solution does not need initial values as local MINLP model like Dicopt need. In the presentation we will compare the performance of all options.
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