SRM UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
COURSE PLAN
Course Code : CH0562 Course Title : Optimization of chemical process
Semester :2 sem Course Time : Jan-May 2011
Day Hour Timing
Mon day 3 10.20am – 11.10
Wednes day 1 8.30 am – 9.20 am
Friday 4 11.10am - 12.00noon
Location: SRMEC-VPT Block
Faculty Details
Sec Name Office Office hour Mail id
M.Tech FPE Ms.S.Vishali VPT Block (V308) 8.30 a.m – 4.00 p.m [email protected]
TEXT BOOKS
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
Assessment Details:
Cycle Test-I : 25 Marks Un announce quiz : 5 Marks
Cycle Test-II : 25 Marks Term Paper : 10 Marks
Attendance : 5 Marks
Test Schedule:
S.No Test Marks Duration
1 Cycle test-I 25 100 min
2 Cycle test-II 25 100 min
3 Term Paper 10
4 Un announce quiz 5
5 Attendance 5
Detailed Session plan:
Sess Topics to be covered Tim Ref Tea Testing method
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1 Introduction to Engineering application of Optimization 50 1 BB Group Disussion
2 Design variables, Constraints, 50 1 BB Group Disussion
&Problem Solving
3 Objective function , variable bounds 50 1 BB Group Disussion
&Problem Solving
4 Statement and formulation of an optimization problem 50 1 BB Group Disussion
&Problem Solving
5 Examples of chemical engineering optimization problems 50 1 BB Group Disussion.
6 General procedure for solving Optimization problems 50 1 BB Group Disussion
&Problem Solving
7 General procedure for solving Optimization problems 50 1 BB Group Disussion
&Problem Solving
8 Obstacles of Optimization 50 1 BB Group Disussion
9 Obstacles of Optimization 50 1 BB Group Disussion
10 Continuity of functions 50 1 BB Group Disussion
11 Unimodal functions 50 1 BB Group Disussion
12 Multimodal functions 50 1 BB Group Disussion
13 Convex and concave functions 50 1 BB Group Disussion
14 Convex region 50 1 BB Group Disussion
&Problem Solving
15 Conditions for an extremum of an unconstrained function 50 1 BB Group Disussion
16 Conditions for an extremum of an unconstrained function 50 1 BB Group Disussion
&Problem Solving
17 Interpretations of the objective function in terms of its 50 1 BB Group Disussion
quadratic approximation. &Problem Solving

18 Interpretations of the objective function in terms of its 50 1 BB Group Disussion

quadratic approximation. &Problem Solving

19 One dimensional search 50 1,2, 4 BB Group Disussion

20 Methods for optimizing a function of one variable 50 1,2, 4 BB Group Disussion
&Problem Solving
21 Methods for optimizing a function of one variable 50 1,2, 4 BB Group Disussion
&Problem Solving ng
22 Scanning and Bracketing 50 1,2, 4 BB Group Disussion
&Problem Solving
23 Newton's method 50 1,2, 4 BB Group Disussion
24 Quasi-Newton's method 50 1,2, 4 BB Group Disussion
25 Secant method of unidimensional search 50 1,2, 4 BB Group Disussion
26 Region elimination methods 50 1,2, 4 BB Group Disussion

27 Polynomial approximation methods. 50 1,2, 4 BB Group Disussion

Problem Solving

28 Direct methods - Random search 50 1,2, 4 BB Problem Solving

29 Grid search 50 1,2, 4 BB Problem Solving
30 Univariate search 50 1,2, 4 BB Problem Solving
31 Simplex method 50 1,2, 4 BB Problem Solving
32 Powell's method 50 1,2, 4 BB Problem Solving
33 Indirect methods - First order - Gradient method 50 1,2, 4 BB Group Disussion &
Problem Solving
34 Conjugate gradient. Second order - Newton's method 50 1,2, 4 BB Problem Solving
35 Conjugate gradient. Second order - Newton's method 50 1,2, 4 BB Problem Solving
36 secant method. 50 1,2, 4 BB Problem Solving

37 Heat transfer and Energy conservation 50 1,3, 5 BB Group Disussion

38 optimizing recovery of waste heat 50 1,3, 5 BB Group Disussion
39 Optimum shell and tube heat exchanger design. 50 1,3, 5 BB Problem Solving
40 Optimum shell and tube heat exchanger design. 50 1,3, 5 BB Problem Solving
41 Optimization of heat exchanger networks 50 1,3, 5 BB Problem Solving
42 Optimization of heat exchanger networks 50 1,3, 5 BB Problem Solving
43 Optimal allocation of temperatures in a sequence of heat 50 1,3, 5 BB Problem Solving
exchangers.Optimization of evaporator design
44 Optimal allocation of temperatures in a sequence of heat 50 1,3, 5 BB Problem Solving
exchangers.Optimization of evaporator design
45 Optimal allocation of temperatures in a sequence of heat 50 1,3, 5 BB Problem Solving
exchangers.Optimization of Multi stage evaporator