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Multidisciplinary Optimization and Design Engineering Laboratory (MODEL)

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    • I-A-1 Hypersonic Vehicle Configuration Optimization
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    • II-B-1 Tailless Unmanned Air Vehicle Design
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    • II-C-1 Heart Dipole problem
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II-A-3 Alkylation Process Optimization

Reference: Renaud, J.E., G.A. Gabriele., 1992, “Approximation in Non-Hierarchic System Optimization,”, Fourth AIAA/USAF/NASA/OAI Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Cleveland, OH, Sep 21-23,  pp1032-1033.
Description: The Alkylation process optimization is a process optimization problem. The problem has two components; one is the Reactor and the other Fractionator. Olefin and isobutene are fed into the reactor along with fresh acid as well as recycled isobutene from the fractionator. The hydrocarbon product which comes out of the reactor is then fed into the fractionator. Fresh acid introduced into the reactor acts as a catalyst and the spent acid is taken out of the reactor. The process can be conceived as a Multidisciplinary problem having two process subspaces one being the reactor and the other being the fractionator.
System Representation:
Design Structure Matrix (DSM):
Analysis:
Behavior variables:

Bounds on behavior variables:

Design variables:
System Optimization:

MDO Suite

  • MDO Test Suite (Spring 2008)
    • I-A-1 Hypersonic Vehicle Configuration Optimization
    • I-B-1 Design of cable supported bridge
    • I-C-1Race Car Design
    • I-C-1Multilevel Optimization of Beam like Truss
    • II-A-3 Alkylation Process Optimization
    • II-B-1 Tailless Unmanned Air Vehicle Design
    • II-B-3 Combustion of Propane
    • II-B-3 Golinski’s Speed Reducer
    • II-B-3 Electronic Packaging problem
    • II-C-1 Heart Dipole problem
  • MDO Test Suite (1996 – 2007)

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