Authors: | Maxeiner, Lukas Samuel Engell, Sebastian |
Title: | Comparison of dual based optimization methods for distributed trajectory optimization of coupled semi-batch processes |
Language (ISO): | en |
Abstract: | The physical and virtual connectivity of systems via flows of energy, material, information, etc., steadily increases. This paper deals with systems of sub-systems that are connected by networks of shared resources that have to be balanced. For the optimal operation of the overall system, the couplings between the sub-systems must be taken into account, and the overall optimum will usually deviate from the local optima of the sub-systems. However, for reasons, such as problem size, confidentiality, resilience to breakdowns, or generally when dealing with autonomous systems, monolithic optimization is often infeasible. In this contribution, iterative distributed optimization methods based on dual decomposition where the values of the objective functions of the different sub-systems do not have to be shared are investigated. We consider connected dynamic systems that share resources. This situation arises for continuous processes in transient conditions between different steady states and in inherently discontinuous processes, such as batch production processes. This problem is challenging since small changes during the iterations towards the satisfaction of the overarching constraints can lead to significant changes in the arc structures of the optimal solutions for the sub-systems. Moreover, meeting endpoint constraints at free final times complicates the problem. We propose a solution strategy for coupled semi-batch processes and compare different numerical approaches, the sub-gradient method, ADMM, and ALADIN, and show that convexification of the sub-systems around feasible points increases the speed of convergence while using second-order information does not necessarily do so. Since sharing of resources has an influence on whether trajectory dependent terminal constraints can be satisfied, we propose a heuristic for the computation of free final times of the sub-systems that allows the dynamic sub-processes to meet the constraints. For the example of several semi-batch reactors which are coupled via a bound on the total feed flow rate, we demonstrate that the distributed methods converge to (local) optima and highlight the strengths and the weaknesses of the different distributed optimization methods. |
Subject Headings: | Distributed optimization Dual methods Dual decomposition Trajectory optimization Semi-batch reactors ADMM ALADIN Sharing of resources |
Subject Headings (RSWK): | Optimierung Dualität Lagrange-Dualität Trajektorie <Mathematik> Batchreaktor Erweiterte Lagrange-Methode |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2003/40107 http://dx.doi.org/10.17877/DE290R-21984 |
Issue Date: | 2020-04-24 |
Rights link: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Appears in Collections: | Lehrstuhl Systemdynamik und Prozessfuehrung |
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