ISSN:
0001-1541
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
Five different variations on the basic quasilinearization algorithm for optional control are applied to a six-variable nonlinear gas absorber system. Convergence of the algorithms to the optimal trajectory with better than 1% accuracy is achieved in less than ten iterations. The region of initial starting points which yield convergence is quite large. The main difficulty encountered is due to instabilities of the maximum principle equations. This limitation is, however, not severe and it is possible to predict a priori when the difficulty will occur. It is concluded that quasilinearization is a feasible algorithm for the optimization of nonlinear unconstrained systems.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.690130527
