SIMULTANEOUS MODULAR

APPROACH

MADE BY : YASHESH DARJI

 INTRODUCTION

 This approach involves collecting equations and

constraints for each process unit into a separate
computational module.
 In this module an additional module is written,
which approximately relates each output value by
a linear combination of all input values.
 The requirements for good reduced models are
discussed in detail and a new reduced model for
plug flow reactors is presented.
 EXAMPLE OF SMA
 For the given input xi1, xi2,……, xin for module i
and equipment parameters ui; the exact model for
module ‘i’ could be written as:
yij = fj(xi1, xi2, ...., xin, ui)
and the linear models for module i could be
represented by the following two connecting
equations: k=1
yij = Σ
n
βijk xik
xst = ypq
 In the above equations, y denotes output values
and β coefficients of linear equations.
 Let us assume that for a given system of nodes, the
feed stream values are specified.
 This means we represent the actual process by two
models: (a) the exact model & (b) the linear model.
 The unknowns of the linear model βijk are determined
by the simultaneous modular approach described
below.
 On comparing these two approaches, the sequential
modular approach seems easier to write; but in the
simultaneous modular approach, there is no
decomposition required.
 The convenience of the two approaches depends upon
the type of the process and the nature of recycle
streams.
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