ABSTRACT
A significant number of optimization problems face the environmental and chemical engineer. The optimal design of industrial processes, as well as process equipment, has long been of concern to the practicing engineer, and indeed, for some, might be regarded as a definition of the function and goal of applied engineering. The attainment of an optimum design is generally a result of factors that include mathematical analysis, empirical information, and both the subjective and objective experience of the environmental and/or chemical engineer.
