Optimization Techniques for Process Industries detailed Syllabus for Petrochem Engineering (Petrochem), 2018 scheme has been taken from the VTUs official website and presented for the VTU students. For Course Code, Subject Names, Teaching Department, Paper Setting Board, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Duration in Hours, CIE Marks, Total Marks, Credits and other information, visit full semester subjects post given below.
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For all the other VTU Petrochem 7th Sem Syllabus for BE 2018 Scheme, visit Petrochem Engineering 7th Sem 2018 Scheme. For all the (Professional Elective-2) subjects refer to Professional Elective-2 Scheme. The detail syllabus for optimization techniques for process industries is as follows.
Course Learning Objectives:
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Module-1
Principles of Optimization- Introduction to optimization and its scope in chemical processes, Nature and organization of optimization problems, Design Variable, Constraints, Objective Function, Necessary and sufficient conditions.
Module-2
Single Variable Optimization Algorithms- Optimality Criteria, Bracketing Methods, Region Elimination Methods: Fibonacci search and Golden section search methods, Gradient Based Methods: Newton-Raphson, Bisection, Secant methods.
Module-3
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Module-4
Constrained Optimization Algorithms- Kuhn-Trucker Conditions, Transformation Methods: Penalty function method, Methods of multipliers, Sensitivity Analysis, Direct Search for Constrained Optimization, Feasible Direction Methods.
Module-5
Specialized Search Method- Integer Programming: Penalty Function method, Branch-and-Bound method, Geometric Programming, Mixed integer Programming, Dynamic Programming. Evolutionary Global Optimization Techniques- Genetic Algorithms: Working Principles, GA Operators, Binary Coded GA, Real Coded GA, Non-dominated Sorting GA, Pareto Optimization. Simulated Annealing, Ant Colony Optimization, Particle Swarm Optimization.
Course Outcomes:
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Question Paper Pattern:
- The question paper will have ten questions.
- Each full Question consisting of 20 marks
- There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- Edgar, T F, Himmelblau, D M, and Lasdon, L S, Optimization of Chemical Processes. McGraw Hill, Boston, 2001
- Rao, S. S., Optimization Theory and Applications: Theory and Practice, New Age International, 3rd Edition, 1996.
- Deb, Kalyanmoy Optimization for Engineering Design, Prentice-Hall of India, 1995.
Reference Books:
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