Jörg Sauer

Development of a sophisticated framework for complex single-and multi-objective optimization tasks

Abstract This work introduces a general framework for the global optimization of arbitrary single- and multi-objective optimization tasks. The framework covers the industrial demand on a user-friendly toolkit uniting arbitrary optimizations in one graphical user interface. The framework includes a stand-alone solver communicating over a free programmable interface with one or multiple instances of any simulation tool. The functionality of the framework is shown by two highly differing case studies. The first concerns the determination of intrinsic kinetics, carried out at our industrial partners the Evonik Degussa GmbH and Evonik Oxeno GmbH. The second addresses the multi-objective mixed-integer dynamic optimization of a middle vessel batch distillation including the startup. In both case studies the high flexibility of the framework, its easy setup and its robust optimization capabilities will be shown.