Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 1980, 45, 3436-3459
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19803436

Global steady state simulation of complex technological systems - an unified approach

Josef Vrba

Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 165 02 Prague 6-Suchdol

Abstract

In general, mathematical models of steady state simulation schemas of complex technological processes are formed by sets of algebraic equations. The formal description of global approach to the solution of such sets is presented. The utilization of preliminary solution of linear equations of the set for its reduction and for the expression of dependency of the so-called eliminated variables on the remaining ones, as arguments of the reduced set, (i.e. the first decomposition level) is considered. The determination of disjoint subsystems of the reduced set (i.e. the subsets of nonlinear equations which may be solved serially and independently of each other in a sequence) and the determination of the hierarchy of their solution, when there are several such subsystems, is meant as the second decomposition level. The possibility of including of special models with particular computational algorithms in the equation-like model of complex system and the way of solution of such a problem with the mentioned two-level decomposition is also discussed. The including of both types of decomposition and the solution of the reduced set of equations in common computational block is dealt with.