6. Conclusions
We have explored using parametric ROMs to accelerate optimization and UQ of the nonlinear SMB chromatography. The parametric ROM is constructed using the RB method, and the nonlinear coupled terms are tackled by the EIM. The order and the complexity of the full-order model are both largely reduced, so the resulting ROM is fairly efficient and globally reliable in the entire parameter domain. Using the ROM, the optimization problem considered is effi- ciently solved. The effect on the purity of the products is analyzed under flow rate uncertainty. It is shown that the optimal solution is robust in a wide range of flow rate ratios. The runtime of the UQ is significantly reduced by using the ROM. Note that the SMB model considered is nonlinear, involves a coupling structure, as well as periodic switching, which are all challenging for MOR. We have shown that the output error estimation derived in Zhang et al.(2015b)is applicable to this nontrivial model. It should also be highlighted that the ROM constructed by the proposed parametric MOR method produces much higher speedup than that using the non-parametric MOR method in Li et al.(2014a).