CHE 555 NUMERICAL METHODS & OPTIMIZATION

ASSIGNMENT 3

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

This is a group assignment (3 members) which has to be submitted one week after you receive.

QUESTION 1
The reaction of component AB is followed the model given below:

dc
= kc n
dt
where c = concentration AB, t = time, k = reaction rate and n = reaction order. Given values of c
and dc/dt, k and n can be evaluated by a linear regression of the logarithm of this equation:

dc
log = logk + nlogc
dt
dc
Use the suitable high-accuracy differentiation formulas to determine the value for each
dt
point of the following data. Plot the data to estimate the k and n value.

t 10 20 30 40 50 60
c 3.52 2.48 1.75 1.23 0.87 0.61

(10 marks)

QUESTION 2
Consider the following function:
f ( x ) = 4x - 1.8x 2 + 1.2x 3 - 0.3x 4

Use the following methods to determine the maximum point;

a) Graphical method.
b) Golden-section method.
c) Quadratic interpolation method.
d) Newton’s method.
e) Compare the results. Choose the best method and give the reason.
Note: Choose the suitable interval, initial guess/s
(20 marks)

QUESTION 3

A chemical plant is producing three major products on a weekly basis. Each of these products
requires a certain quantity of raw materials and production times, and yield different profits as
shown in Table 2. Note that there is sufficient warehouse space at the plant to store a total of
450 kg/week. Determine amount of the three products should be produced in order to maximize
the profit through Simplex method.
 Table 2: Profit for the production of chemicals
Chemical 1 Chemical 2 Chemical 3 Availability
Profit RM30/kg RM30/kg RM35/kg
Production Time 0.05 h/kg 0.1 h/kg 0.2 h/kg 55 h/week
Raw chemical 5 kg/kg 4 kg/kg 10 kg/kg 3000 kg

(20 marks)