Broke management optimization in design of paper production systems

摘要

This paper presents an optimization strategy for a broke system design and operation inrnpapermaking process. A multiobjective stochastic optimization model is presentedrnfeaturing (i) a stochastic two-state Markov process based submodel for the broke tower,rn(ii) an operational submodel for the optimization of the broke dosage, and (iii) arnmultiobjective design problem. An efficient optimization strategy is also proposedrninvolving a quadratic optimization step for the operational subproblem and an effectivernmultiobjective design optimization step.