Robust Solver for Automating Generation of Process Design   Software
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This project addresses a central problem underlying the effort             to automate the process of design software development: the lack of             reliable techniques for solving large sets of nonlinear algebraic               equations that form the basis of chemical process design                        computations.  Such techniques, if available, would be an essential             component in a system capable of generating the required numerical              software rapidly and reliably by machine.  Software development                 costs and delays could be reduced, yielding an increase in                      engineering productivity.                                                            The objectives of the research are to produce a numerical                  solution technique that will provide a rigorous guarantee of                    successful convergence; the capability to identify and compute                  multiple solutions; the ability to deal with feasibility constraints            defined by inequalities; and the precise diagnosis of                           underspecification, overspecification, and infeasibility of complex             system models.                                                                       The new approach is based on an implicit enumeration strategy              employing analytically-derived bounding functions.  The research                will encompass development of the detailed algorithm with analysis              of its theoretical properties, followed by software implementation              and computational testing on full-sized chemical processing system              models.
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