IJPAM: Volume 42, No. 3 (2008)

FAST SOLUTION OF CHROMATOGRAPHIC PARTICLE
AND COLUMN MODELS ON PARALLEL COMPUTERS

E. von Lieres$^1$, C. Frauen$^2$, K. Nöh$^3$
$^{1,2,3}$Research Centre Jülich
Leo Brandt Strasse, Jülich, 52425, GERMANY
$^1$e-mail: e.von.lieres@fz-juelich.de


Abstract.Fast solution of chromatography models is crucial for parameter estimation and rational process design. Two submodels of the general rate model are chosen for assessment of parallel solution techniques. The submodels describe isolated porous particles, and chromatographic columns with nonporous particles, respectively. Numerical results prove efficiency of the parallel approach for both models, and encourage implementation of a parallel solver also for the general rate model, which describes column chromatography with porous particles.

Received: August 17, 2007

AMS Subject Classification: 92A08

Key Words and Phrases: chromatography, modeling, partial differential algebraic equations, high performance computing

Source: International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics
ISSN: 1311-8080
Year: 2008
Volume: 42
Issue: 3