| Course title |
Process Optimization |
| Lecturer |
dr hab. in¿. Zbigniew Szwast |
| Semester |
Winter |
| Description |
The purpose of the course is to teach the student the optimization theory and to create the potential of applying selected optimization methods for calculation of chemical processes, unit operations and cost engineering problems. The optimization problems that have analytical solutions as well as those which require modern PC for numerical studies are considered. |
| Prerequisites |
The knowledge of mathematics (vector analysis, ODE, PDE and differentiation equations), as well as physical chemistry (basic thermodynamics and kinetics of heat and mass transport as well as chemical reactions) is assumed. |
| Course content |
The following optimization methods are presented: advanced differential calculus, Lagrange multipliers method, Kuhn-Tucker conditions, variational calculus and the three algorithms of the maximum principle: Pontryagin's continuous algorithm, Katz's and Fan's discrete one, as well as discrete algorithm with a constant Hamiltonian. The optimization calculations are conducted for processes with heat and mass transfer as well as for chemical reaction processes. |
| Recommended books |
- S.Sieniutycz, Optymalizacja w in¿ynierii procesowej, WNT, Warszawa 1978, II wydanie 1994.
- S.Sieniutycz i Z.Szwast, Przyk³ady i zadania z optymalizacji Procesowej, Wydawnictwa Politechniki Warszawskiej, Warszawa 1980.
- S.Sieniutycz i Z.Szwast, Praktyka obliczeñ optymalizacyjnych, WNT, Warszawa 1982.
- R.S.Berry, V.A.Kazakov, S.Sieniutycz, Z.Szwast, A.M.Tsirlin, Thermodynamic Optimization of Finite-Time Processes, Wiley 2000. |
| Examination type |
written + oral |
| Level |
5th year |
| Credits |
4 |
| Language |
Polish |
| Faculty |
Chemical and Process Engineering |
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