Development of an energy module for the multi-objective optimisation of complex distillation processes [Elektronische Ressource] = Zur Entwicklung eines Energiemoduls für komplexe Destillations-Verfahren unter Berücksichtigung der multikriteriellen Optimierung / by Tijani, Alhassan Salami

Development of an Energy Module for the Multi-objective Optimisation of complex distillation Processes This dissertation is approved by the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Process Engineering at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the academic degree of Doctor of Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) in Process Engineering by (M.Sc.) Tijani, Alhassan Salami from Accra, Ghana Supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Witt Supervisor: Dr.-Ing. Jörg Schmuhl (Visiting Professor) th Date of oral examination: 4 June, 2010 Zur Entwicklung eines Energiemoduls für komplexer Destillations-Verfahren unter Berücksichtigung der multikriteriellen Optimierung Von der Fakultät für Umweltwissenschaften und Verfahrenstechnik der Brandenburgischen Technischen Universität Cottbus zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktor-Ingenieurs (Dr.-Ing.) genehmigte Dissertation vorgelegt von (M.Sc.) Tijani, Alhassan Salami aus Accra, Ghana Gutachter: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Werner Witt Gutachter: Dr.-Ing. Jörg Schmuhl ( Gastprofessor) Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 4. Juni 2010 iiDeclaration I hereby declare that my Doctoral Thesis is the result of my research work under the supervision of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wernerho is my main supervisor, and Visiting Professor Dr.-Ing. Jörg Schmuhl as my second supervisor.