Optimization of chemical engineering problems with EMSO software

EMSO software, a free tool for teaching and academic research, presents a favorable environment for simulation and optimization of chemical engineering problems. Although its use in research activities have been demonstrated in the literature, its application as a supporting tool for educational pur...

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Published inComputer applications in engineering education Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 141 - 161
Main Authors Henrique, João Paulo, Sousa, Ruy, Secchi, Argimiro R., Ravagnani, Mauro A. S. S., Costa, Caliane B. B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2018
Subjects
Chemical engineering
educational tool
EMSO software
Engineering education
Formulations
MILP
MINLP
NLP
Optimization
Software
Software engineering
Solvers
Systems engineering
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ISSN1061-3773
1099-0542
DOI10.1002/cae.21867

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Summary:EMSO software, a free tool for teaching and academic research, presents a favorable environment for simulation and optimization of chemical engineering problems. Although its use in research activities have been demonstrated in the literature, its application as a supporting tool for educational purposes in process systems engineering courses has not been evaluated. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate that this software is suitable as a tool for educational purposes in process systems engineering courses at undergraduate (complementary elective subject) and graduate levels. To accomplish this task, different cases studies, encompassing different sort of programming formulations, are proposed and solved with different solvers in EMSO.
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ISSN:1061-3773
1099-0542
DOI:10.1002/cae.21867