Multi-objective optimization of adiabatic styrene reactors using GDE3

What is it about?

Industrial styrene reactors were optimized using the multi-objective algorithm Generalized Differential Evolution 3 (GDE3) to maximize their conversion and selectivity.

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Why is it important?

Several optimal scenarios were obtained using two- and three-objective approaches, which can be used in integrated process analysis to define suitable operational conditions. These scenarios were studied from a fundamental perspective to explore the impact of the steam-to-ethylbenzene molar feed ratio, the number of catalyst beds, catalyst loading, operating pressure, and inlet temperatures on reactor performance. Furthermore, our GDE3 implementation has been made available in a public code repository and a Python package.

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