Abstract
Genetic programming was applied to design
multi-components complex distillation process by
setting up interrelationship between the individual
code and the process structure. With the help of
equivalent simple distillation process, the objective
value, that is the fitness, of complex process was
determined. After a series of operations, such as
reproduction, crossover and mutation between
individuals, the process structure with optimum
economic objective (the sum of equipment cost and
operation cost) was obtained. An example was given to
illustrate the effectiveness of this method.
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