Since the activity and selectivity of acetylene hydrogenation catalyst change with time
the operating parameters need to be changed to maximize the profit.Therefore
we collected the industrial process data and estimated the parameters of kinetic model and deactivation model by genetic algorithm.We compared the selectivity and activity performance of two commonly used catalysts.For two reactors in series filled with different catalysts
we proposed the methods of combinatorial optimization and ratio assignment to optimal ethylene production rate.When these optimization strategies were implemented in the actual plant
ethylene production rate and the total selectivity increased significantly.