OUTDOOR – An open-source superstructure construction and optimization tool

Philipp Kenkel*, Timo Wassermann, Celina Rose, Edwin Zondervan

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Abstract

To enhance the availability of superstructure optimization as a tool in process design for industries as well as science this work presents a fully Open sUperstrucTure moDeling and OptimizatiOn fRamework (OUTDOOR). This framework is written in Python using object-oriented programming in combination with algebraic modeling utilizing the PYOMO modeling language. In addition, an Excel-based data preparation tool, called Excel-Wrapper is presented. It provides an intuitive way to prepare process data and generate superstructures, which are ready-made for solving using open-source as well as commercial optimization solvers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)413-418
Number of pages6
JournalComputer Aided Chemical Engineering
Volume50
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2021
Event31st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE 2021 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: 6 Jun 20219 Jun 2021
Conference number: 31

Keywords

  • Open Source
  • Python
  • Superstructure Optimization
  • 22/2 OA procedure

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