Research Article
Modeling and Optimization of the Drug Extraction Production Process
Table 6
Best settings of operating variables produced by PSO.
| | Steam flow Q1 (m3/h) | Steam flow Q2 (m3/h) | Extraction time (h) |
| | Q11 | 4.9554 | Q21 | 4.9545 | | 2.3 | | Q12 | 4.7633 | Q22 | 4.3348 | | Q13 | 4.5968 | Q23 | 4.8391 | | Q14 | 3.6422 | Q24 | 4.3850 | Optimal economic benefit (USD/h) |
| | Q15 | 3.5999 | Q25 | 2.3083 | | 2293 | | Q16 | 3.1419 | Q26 | 4.2665 |
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