Applications of Particle Swarm Optimization to Chemical Engineering Problems

01.Apr.2017

​This study shows how the particle swarm optimization technique, PSO, can be successfully applied to elucidate several applied mathematical and chemical engineering problems. The following case studies are evaluated: (1) the behavior of a family of one-dimensional functions exhibiting a rough topology featuring several local minima and a global minimum; (2) the search for the minimum of the Rosenbrock banana function; (3) the prediction of the exit concentration of chemical species obeying the van de Vusse mechanism in a continuously stirredtank reactor; and (4) the determination of the interaction parameters for binary mixtures containing acetone using the Wilson activity coefficient model and appropriate experimental vapor-liquid equilibrium data. Through these undergraduate/graduate level examples, it is shown that PSO is a versatile method of optimization that can be readily implemented using the computer algebra system, MATHEMATICA

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316212735_Applications_of_Particle_Swarm_Optimization_to_Chemical_Engineering_Problems​