We are developing several applications on top of n-dim, including a document management system, a tool repository system, a notification system, and an IBIS system for capturing group discussion of issues. Flexible solvent recovery systems. We examine an approach for synthesizing a solvent recovery process. Feed to the plant varies among a set of given flows and compositions throughout the year. Solvents display complex VLE behavior leading to separation flowsheets with recycles and very difficult models to converge, much less optimize.
Small problems have tens of thousands of alternatives to consider.
We include different agents to select among separation configurations, to propose alternatives for sharing columns among configurations, to remove poor partial solutions, to attempt alternatives ways to overcome convergence failure, and so forth. The sharing of partial and complete solutions among the agents significantly enhances overall performance of the synthesis activity. Synthesis using units with multiple functionality. We are looking at synthesis methods where it is advantageous to combine multiple functions into the units in the process. An example is to synthesize reactive distillation processes.