On estimating the attainable set for some control objects

Author(s):  
Mikhail Sergeevich Nikol'skii
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Author(s):  
Ravindra S Waghmare ◽  
Arun S Moharir

For complex reactions the optimal reactor networks can involve several reactors operating at various temperature profiles. The often-reported strategy of optimizing parameters of a heuristically predetermined reactor system (Super-structure Approach) falls short of obtaining true solution due to the presence of multiple local optima. Attainable set method gives Global optimum but requires study of each reaction scheme in depth. Here one such study using phase-plane analysis (instead of convexity based analysis) is reported for finding globally optimal non-isothermal reactor network for van de Vusse reaction (A -> B -> C, 2A -> D, objective is to maximize yield of B). Compared to two-reactor networks proposed earlier, it is found that up to 5 reactors (CSTR with/without bypass of feed, Isothermal PFR, Non-isothermal PFR, CSTR, Isothermal PFR) may be required to get the highest yield of the desired intermediate. The proposed method involves only elementary calculus. The detailed solution algorithm has been described using analogy with highways. Three cases with the values of reaction constants reported in the literature have been solved.





2017 ◽  
Vol 114 (47) ◽  
pp. 12507-12511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cang Hui ◽  
Gordon A. Fox ◽  
Jessica Gurevitch

Population demography is central to fundamental ecology and for predicting range shifts, decline of threatened species, and spread of invasive organisms. There is a mismatch between most demographic work, carried out on few populations and at local scales, and the need to predict dynamics at landscape and regional scales. Inspired by concepts from landscape ecology and Markowitz’s portfolio theory, we develop a landscape portfolio platform to quantify and predict the behavior of multiple populations, scaling up the expectation and variance of the dynamics of an ensemble of populations. We illustrate this framework using a 35-y time series on gypsy moth populations. We demonstrate the demography accumulation curve in which the collective growth of the ensemble depends on the number of local populations included, highlighting a minimum but adequate number of populations for both regional-scale persistence and cross-scale inference. The attainable set of landscape portfolios further suggests tools for regional population management for both threatened and invasive species.



1983 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 211-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Bartosiewicz
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