Title:
Data-Driven Mixed-Integer Optimization for Modular Process Intensification

dc.contributor.advisor Boukouvala, Fani
dc.contributor.author Kim, Sophie
dc.contributor.committeeMember Medford, Andrew
dc.contributor.committeeMember Lively, Ryan
dc.contributor.committeeMember Realff, Matthew
dc.contributor.committeeMember Dey, Santanu
dc.contributor.department Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
dc.date.accessioned 2022-01-14T16:05:36Z
dc.date.available 2022-01-14T16:05:36Z
dc.date.created 2020-12
dc.date.issued 2020-12-06
dc.date.submitted December 2020
dc.date.updated 2022-01-14T16:05:36Z
dc.description.abstract High-fidelity computer simulations provide accurate information on complex physical systems. These often involve proprietary codes, if-then operators, or numerical integrators to describe phenomena that cannot be explicitly captured by physics-based algebraic equations. Consequently, the derivatives of the model are either absent or too complicated to compute; thus, the system cannot be directly optimized using derivative-based optimization solvers. Such problems are known as “black-box” systems since the constraints and the objective of the problem cannot be obtained as closed-form equations. One promising approach to optimize black-box systems is surrogate-based optimization. Surrogate-based optimization uses simulation data to construct low-fidelity approximation models. These models are optimized to find an optimal solution. We study several strategies for surrogate-based optimization for nonlinear and mixed-integer nonlinear black-box problems. First, we explore several types of surrogate models, ranging from simple subset selection for regression models to highly complex machine learning models. Second, we propose a novel surrogate-based optimization algorithm for black-box mixed-integer nonlinear programming problems. The algorithm systematically employs data-preprocessing techniques, surrogate model fitting, and optimization-based adaptive sampling to efficiently locate the optimal solution. Finally, a case study on modular carbon capture is presented. Simultaneous process optimization and adsorbent selection are performed to determine the optimal module design. An economic analysis is presented to determine the feasibility of a proposed modular facility.
dc.description.degree Ph.D.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/66024
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology
dc.subject Optimization, machine learning
dc.title Data-Driven Mixed-Integer Optimization for Modular Process Intensification
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Dissertation
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.advisor Boukouvala, Fani
local.contributor.corporatename School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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thesis.degree.level Doctoral
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