Table 3.

Bounds and initial values for process decision variables for case study 1.

Variable	Lower Bound	Upper Bound	Initial Value
$C_{A∕B,\text{in}}$	0.01 mol/L	1.0 mol/L	0.505 mol/L
$C_{D,\text{in}}$	0.01 mol/L	1.0 mol/L	0.505 mol/L
${\tau }_{\mathrm{R}01}$	150 s	2400 s	1275 s
${\tau }_{\mathrm{R}02}$	150 s	4800 s	2475 s
$V_{\mathrm{R}01}$	0.0001 m3	0.01 m3	0.00505 m3