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Seat No.: _____ Enrolment No.

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GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
BE SEM-VIII Examination May 2012
Subject code: 180503
Subject Name: Process Simulation & Optimization
Date : 14/05/2012 Time: 10.30 am – 01.00 pm
Total Marks: 70
Instructions:
1. Attempt all questions.
2. Make suitable assumptions wherever necessary.
3. Figures to the right indicate full marks.

Q.1 (a) What is Optimization? List the six general steps for the analysis and solution 07
of optimization problems.
(b) Discuss the degree of freedom analysis with suitable example. 07

Q.2 (a) Explain the attributes of the process affecting costs/profits make them 07
attractive for the application of optimization.
(b) What is simulation? Explain linear system analysis. 07
OR
(b) Discuss essential feature of optimization problem. 07

Q.3 (a) Attempt All


1) A box with a square base and open top is to hold 1000cm3. Find the 04
dimensions that require the least material (assume uniform thickness of
material) to construct the box.
2) Find the largest area of the largest rectangle with its lower base on the x
axis and whose corners are bounded at the top by the curve y= 10 – x2 03
(b) List out the important model building steps for a process. 07
OR
Q.3 (a) Explain partitioning and tearing with example. 07
(b) Discuss precedence ordering. Also write any one algorithm for precedence 07
ordering.

Q.4 (a) The analysis of labor costs involved in the fabrication of heat exchangers can 07
be used to predict the cost of a new exchanger of the same class. Let the cost
be expressed as a linear equation.
C = β1 + β2A + β3N
Where β1, β2, and β3 are constants, N=number of tubes, A=shell surface area.
Estimate the values of the constants β1, β2 and β3 from the data in following
table.
Labor cost Area Number of tubes
($) (A) (N)
310 120 550
300 130 600
275 108 520
250 110 420
220 84 400
200 90 300
190 80 230
150 55 120
140 64 190
100 50 100
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(b) Minimize f = (x-1)4 via Newton’s method, starting at xo = -1.5. 07
OR
Q.4 (a) Explain Simultaneous modular approach in simulation 07
(b) Explain equation oriented mode in simulation. 07

Q.5 (a) Minimize the following function using simplex method of linear 08
programming.

Subject to constraints,

(b) Determine convexity or concavity for the following functions. 06


1)
2)
OR
Q.5 (a) Explain Sequential modular approach for simulation 07
(b) Explain simulation techniques for the solution of ordinary differential 07
equation.

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