(438a) Simultaneous Optimal Control and Design of Batch Process Networks

In this work, the Infinite-Dimensional-State-Space framework (IDEAS) is shown to be applicable to the problem of optimally and simultaneously synthesizing the Fed-Batch-Reactor-Networks. The fed-batch reactors are assumed to be isothermal and the underlying fluids to have constant density. Although the overall network outlet volume isn't fixed for this problem, an Attainable Region approach is presented to the problem of simultaneously optimizing both the fed-batch strategy for each reactor and the batch reactor network design . Furthermore, it is shown that the Shrink-Wrap-Algorithm can be used to construct the Attainable Region (AR) for fed-batch reactor networks. Necessary conditions and sufficient conditions are presented for the Shrink-Wrap-identified region to be the true AR of Fed-Batch Reactor Networks. The proposed method is illustrated on a first-order van de Vusse reaction scheme.