European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering - 10 (eBook)

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European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering - 10 4
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Contents 8
Chapter 1. Mixed Integer Non-Linear Programming Using Cutting Plane Techniques 22
Chapter 2. A Novel Interactive MINLP Solver for CAPE Applications 28
Chapter 3. An MILP-Based Reordering Algorithm for Complex Industrial Scheduling and Rescheduling 34
Chapter 4. Non-Linear Partial Least Squares through Data Transformations 40
Chapter 5. Optimisation of an Industrial Cogeneration System by means of a Multi- Objective Genetic Algorithm 46
Chapter 6. Grid refinement in multiscale dynamic optimization 52
Chapter 7. Numerical Strategies for Optimal Experimental Design for Parameter Identification of Non-Linear Dynamic (Bio-)Chemical Processes 58
Chapter 8. Solution of population balance equations for prediction of particle size distribution in emulsion polymerization: comparison and evaluation of different numerical methods 64
Chapter 9. Solution of the hyperbolic model for heat and mass transfer in packed bed reactors 70
Chapter 10. Moving finite difference method for tracking a shock or steep moving front 76
Chapter 11. Neural Network in Physical Equilibria Prediction 82
Chapter 12. Novel Methods for the Efficient Evaluation of Stored Mathematical Expressions on Vector Computers 88
Chapter 13. Global Optimization of Nonconvex Problems with Differential-Algebraic Constraints 94
Chapter 14. Scheduling to Minimize Expected Completion Time in Flowshop Plants with Uncertain Processing Times 100
Chapter 15. Automatic Re-Weighting of Maximum Likelihood Functions for Parameter Regression 106
Chapter 16. Energy cost minimization in an energy intensive industrial plant: an MINLP approach 112
Chapter 17. Generic object-oriented modelling, simulation and optimization of dynamical systems 118
Chapter 18. Detecting outliers in multivariate process data by using convex hulls 124
Chapter 19. MINLP Optimization of Several Process Structures for the Separation of Azeotropic Ternary Mixtures 130
Chapter 20. MINLP Optimization of Reactive Distillation Columns 136
Chapter 21. Batch Distillation Optimization with a Multiple Time-Scale Sequential Approach for Strong Nonlinear Processes 142
Chapter 22. Non-Linear Constrained GRG Optimization under Parallel-Distributed Computing Environments 148
Chapter 23. A Bi-Index Continuous Time MILP Model for Short-Term Scheduling of Single-Stage Multi-Product Batch Plants with Parallel Units 154
Chapter 24. Importance of parameter selection in classification systems using neural networks 160
Chapter 25. A two dimensional conceptual model to support data integration in process plant operations 166
Chapter 26. Feedforward Control Based on Online Concentration Calculation of a Heat- and Mass-Integrated Distillation System 172
Chapter 27. Analysis of Input-Output Controllability in Reactive Distillation Using the Element model 178
Chapter 28. Hybrid Simulation of Continuous Discrete Systems 184
Chapter 29. Interaction between Design and Control of Heat-Integrated PFR 190
Chapter 30. Optimal control of batch reactors using Generic Model Control (GMC) and Neural Network 196
Chapter 31. Stability analysis of delayed chemical systems 202
Chapter 32. Nonlinear model based control of optimal temperature profiles in polystyrene polymerization reactor 208
Chapter 33. Experimental Verification and Optimisation of a Detailed Dynamic High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Column Model 214
Chapter 34. Expert Control of DO in the Aerobic Reactor of an Activated Sludge Process 220
Chapter 35. Dynamic Behavior of a Counter-Current Fixed-Bed Reactor with Sustained Oscillations 238
Chapter 36. Use of Gap Metric for Model Selection in Multi-Model Based Control Design: An Experimental Case Study of pH Control 232
Chapter 37. Dynamic and Control of High Purity Heterogeneous Azeotropic Distillation Process 238
Chapter 38. Training a Recurrent Neural Network by the Extended Kalman Filter as an Identification Tool 244
Chapter 39. An Algorithm for Efficient Specification Analysis in Large-Scale Dynamic Process Simulation 250
Chapter 40. Adaptive Neural Network Model Based Nonlinear Predictive Control of a Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit 256
Chapter 41. Computer Design of a System of Predictive Control for a Continuous Process Purification of Bioproducts 262
Chapter 42. Knowledge Based Modular Networks for Process Modelling and Control 269
Chapter 43. Computer aided and control of a rotary kiln incinerator 274
Chapter 44. The use of process dynamic simulation for learning to design digital controllers 280
Chapter 45. Model Based Control of Batch Chromatography 286
Chapter 46. Model Predictive Control of an Industrial Dryer 292
Chapter 47. Approximate Dynamic Models Using Coarse Grid Parameter Relaxation 298
Chapter 48. Analysis of different control possibilities for the Divided Wall Column: feedback diagonal and Dynamic Matrix Control 304
Chapter 49. Control Strategies for Brine Electrolysis by Ion Exchange Membrane Cell Process 310
Chapter 50. A new methodology for the active control of the heat transfer in Autoclave technology 316
Chapter 51. Model Predictive Control: A Multi-Parametric Programming Approach 322
Chapter 52. Flowsheet Simulation for the Steel Industry- Using Experiences from Chemical Engineering and Modern Software Approaches 328
Chapter 53. Some aspects of rate-based modelling and simulation of three-phase distillation columns 334
Chapter 54. Modeling and Simulation Tools for Supercritical Fluid Processes 340
Chapter 55. A computer aided tool for heavy oil thermal cracking process simulation 346
Chapter 56. Natural Gas Fired Power Plants with CO2-Capture- Process Integration for High Fuel-to-Electricity Conversion Efficiency 352
Chapter 57. Simulation of convective drying of multicomponent moisture in a computer code MultidryPAK 358
Chapter 58. An Algorithm for Analysis of Eletrolytic Liquid-Liquid Extraction Process for Concentration of Organic Acids 364
Chapter 59. Estimation of the heat released by chemical reactions: Application to control of a simulated batch reactor 370
Chapter 60. Modelling and Simulation of Biotechnological Processes: BIOSIM– A Package suitable for Integration in Process Engineering Tools 376
Chapter 61. Simulation and Optimisation of Atmospheric and Vacuum Distillations of a Lube Plant 382
Chapter 62. A coalescence and breakup module for implementation in CFD-codes 388
Chapter 63. Fluid Dynamics and Thermochemical Simulation of a Smelting Cyclone 394
Chapter 64. Computational Fluid Dynamics Modelling of Multiphase Reactors 400
Chapter 65. Simulation of silica deposition in an Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapour Deposition reactor, using a modified CFD software 406
Chapter 66. Validation of a CFD model of a novel recycle axial flow cyclone for droplets removal from gas streams 412
Chapter 67. Simulating Flow and Heat Transfer in Tubes Using a Fast CFD Formulation 418
Chapter 68. Improving the Flow of Stirred Vessels with Anchor Type Impellers 424
Chapter 69. Influence of turbulence modelling and grid discretization on the simulation of flow-forces on tubes in cross-flow 430
Chapter 70. A CFD - Finite Volume Method to Generate Deterministic Model: Application to Stirred Tank Reactors 436
Chapter 71. Simulation of Nox formation of glass melting furnaces by an integrated computational approach: CFD+Reactor Network Analysis 442
Chapter 72. CFD-Analysis of Heat Transfer and Initiator Mixing Performance in LDPE High Pressure Tubular Reactors 448
Chapter 73. Dynamic Simulation of Complex Reaction Schemes and Biochemical Applications in Stirred Tank Reactors with Respect to Imperfect Mixing 454
Chapter 74. The steady state analysis of the twin helix heat exchanger 460
Chapter 75. Simulation of the bubble formation dynamics in rheologically complex fluids 466
Chapter 76. Coarse-grained formulation for the time evolution of intermaterial contact area density in mixing systems 472
Chapter 77. Dynamic Optimization of Semicontinuous Emulsion Copolymerization Reactions: Composition and Molecular Weight Distribution 478
Chapter 78. Optimizing the Operation of a Sequential-Simulated Moving-Bed Separation Process Using MINLP 484
Chapter 79. Multiperiod Planning for a Utility System Considering Emergency Situation by New Approach 490
Chapter 80. Minimization of Natural Gas and Water Consumption in the Operation of Utility Plants 496
Chapter 81. Dynamic optimization of chemical and biochemical processes using restricted second order information 502
Chapter 82. Interaction Between Process Plant Operation and Cracking Furnaces Maintenance Policy in an Ethylene Plant 508
Chapter 83. Convergence Refinement of Stochastic Optimization by Coupling a Genetic Algorithm and a Simulated Annealing Procedure 514
Chapter 84. Fuzzy Modeling of Catalytic Multi-phase Reactor 520
Chapter 85. Strategy and Mathematical Development for Scale-Up of Molecular Distillators for Recovering Carotenoids from Palm Oil 526
Chapter 86. Characterization and quantification of liquid distribution in a packed column on a pilot scale 532
Chapter 87. Sensitivity in Optimization of a Reactor System with Deactivating Catalyst 538
Chapter 88. Detailed Mathematical Modelling of Membrane Modules 544
Chapter 89. A novel approach to the analysis of distillation columns for multicomponent mixtures 550
Chapter 90. ROME: A Repository to Support the Integration of Models over the Lifecycle of Model-based Engineering Processes 556
Chapter 91. Increase business benefits by using on-line models. 562
Chapter 92. Symbolic Discretization of Population Models for Process Simulation 568
Chapter 93. Heat Integration in Process Design and Retrofit– Software Tools and Data Interchange - 574
Chapter 94. Modelling and optimisation of polymerisation reactors in gPROMS 580
Chapter 95. Modeling Particle Size Distribution (PSD) in Emulsion Copolymerization Reactions in a Continuous Loop Reactor 586
Chapter 96. Process modelling of metallurgical processes– software tool and modelling concept 592
Chapter 97. Modelling High Pressure Extraction Processes 598
Chapter 98. Waterless wool cleaning process with supercritical carbon dioxide: extractor modeling and optimisation 604
Chapter 99. Equation Based SPYRO® Model and Solver for the Simulation of the Steam Cracking Process 610
Chapter 100. A Shortcut Method for Design and Synthesis of Multicomponent Thermally Coupled Distillation Flowsheets 616
Chapter 101. A heating-cooling management to improve controllability of batch reactor equipped with a mono-fluid heating-cooling system 622
Chapter 102. Evaluation of time varying parameters in polymerization reactors by means of Temperature Oscillation Calorimetry 628
Chapter 103. Integer-Programming Based Algorithms and Computational Performance for Terminal-Drop Zone Assignment Problems 634
Chapter 104. Automatic Generation of Switching Start-Up Schemes for Chemical Processes 640
Chapter 105. Creative Design of Distillation Flowsheets Based on Theory of Solving Inventive Problems 646
Chapter 106. Technological change by system design- the industrial production of aromatics 652
Chapter 107. Symmetric multiprocessing algorithm for conceptual process design 658
Chapter 108. Optimisation of distillation and pervaporation system for ethanol dehydration 664
Chapter 109. Shape and Terminal Velocity of Single Bubble Motion: a Novel Approach 670
Chapter 110. The Myth of Decomposition 676
Chapter 111. Parameter Analysis and Optimization of Ideal Heat Integrated Distillation Columns (HIDiC) 682
Chapter 112. Computer-aided screening of adsorbents and porous catalyst carriers 688
Chapter 113. A Hierarchical Framework for Modelling Biopharmaceutical Manufacture to Address Process and Business Needs 694
Chapter 114. Study of the insertion of partial oxidation gas turbine to satisfy high temperature requirements of industrial processes using energy integration techniques 700
Chapter 115. Abstract design in the development of pharmaceutical processes 706
Chapter 116. Batch Distillation of Azeotropic Mixtures in a Column with a Middle Vessel 712
Chapter 117. Development and design of a forced unsteady-state reactor through numerical simulation 718
Chapter 118. Intent and Rationale in the Design of Chemical Processes: A Case Study 724
Chapter 119. Energy Efficient Distillation by Optimal Distribution of Heating and Cooling Requirements 730
Chapter 120. Optimal Design of Heat-Integrated Multipurpose Batch Facilities 736
Chapter 121. Plant-independent Process Representation 742
Chapter 122. The design and management of material cycles towards a functional specification for an awareness-tool 748
Chapter 123. A Strategy for the Generation of Robust Accident Scenarios in Quantitative Risk Assessment Using Multi-Component Analysis 754
Chapter 124. Simulation of Blowout Events: Integration of Different Modelling Approaches Within Industrial Risk Assessment and Management Tools 760
Chapter 125. Fault diagnosis system support for reactive scheduling in multipurpose batch chemical plants 766
Chapter 126. Improving on chemical process safety through distributed computer assisted knowledge analysis of preliminary design 772
Chapter 127. Plant Monitoring and Fault Detection:Synergy between Data Reconciliation and Principal Component Analysis 778
Chapter 128. Note on vapour disengagement dynamics modelling 784
Chapter 129. Computer aided transportation risk assessment 790
Chapter 130. Using PHA Results for Real Time Operator Support during ASM 796
Chapter 131. Leak Detection and Localisation in Pipes and Pipelines 802
Chapter 132. Industrial Applications of Intelligent Systems for Operating Procedure Synthesis and Hazards Analysis for Batch Process Plants 808
Chapter 133. Model-based safety verification under uncertainty 814
Chapter 134. Computerized Screening of Chemicals for Energy Release Hazards 820
Chapter 135. A Hybrid Modular Hierarchical Approach for Fault Diagnosis in Complex Transient Processes 826
Chapter 136. Dynamic Simulation of the Behaviour of Pressure Relief Systems 832
Chapter 137. From Environmental Care to Sustainability: the role of CAPE tools and methods 838
Chapter 138. Accounting for sustainability requirements in process design 844
Chapter 139. An Intelligent System for Identifying Waste Minimization Opportunities in Chemical Processes 850
Chapter 140. A CAPE tool for evaluation of adsorber-reactor systems for treatment of exhausts from mobile sources 856
Chapter 141. Quick identification of the wastewater biological treatment process by using shortcut techniques and previous plant operation data 862
Chapter 142. Implementation of Flue Gas Cleaning Systems into an Object-Oriented Process Simulator for Practical Use 868
Chapter 143. Dynamic optimisation of small size wastewater treatment plants including nitrification and denitrification processes 874
Chapter 144. A New Procedure for Predicting NOx Emissions from Furnaces 880
Chapter 145. Liquid Effluent Properties Prediction from an Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant Using Artificial Neural Networks 886
Chapter 146. Incorporating Production Scheduling in the Optimal Operation of Wastewater Treatment Plants 892
Chapter 147. Analysis of the Operation of a NSDX Pilot Plant for Cr(VI) Recovery 898
Chapter 148. Optimum deNOx performance using inferential feedforward reductant flow control 904
Chapter 149. Software tool for waste treatment selection using economic and ecological assessments 910
Chapter 150. Distributed Information System For Environmentally Conscious Process Design 916
Chapter 151. Decision Making for Batch Manufacturing Sites under Uncertainty 922
Chapter 152. Minimization of Water Consumption and Wastewater Discharge in the Sugar Cane Industry 928
Chapter 153. Hydrodynamics and Chemical Model to Evaluate Environmental Risks in Proximity of River Mouth 934
Chapter 154. Simulation and optimization of the reactive absorption of HF/HNO3 during pickling acid regeneration 940
Chapter 155. Trend recognition of process data of a refinery using wavelets 946
Chapter 156. Comparison of methods for assessing human health and the environmental impact in early phases of chemical process development 952
Chapter 157. An integrated framework of process and environmental models, and EHS constraints for retrofit targeting 958
Chapter 158.. Soft sensor development and experimental application to wastewater treatment process 964
Chapter 159. Computer Aided Technique for Pollution Prevention and Treatment 970
Chapter 160. Using driving force based separation efficiency curves within an integrated system for process synthesis/design 976
Chapter 161. Pairing Criteria and Tuning Methods Towards Integration for Heat Exchanger Networks 982
Chapter 162. Mass Exchange Network Synthesis by Coupling a Genetic Algorithm and a SQP Procedure 994
Chapter 163. A Conceptual Programming Approach for the Design of Flexible HENs 988
Chapter 164. Synthesis of Reactor Networks in Overall Process Flowsheets within Multilevel MINLP Approach 1000
Chapter 165. Synthesis of reactive and extractive Distillation Units Using Distillation Line Diagrams 1012
Chapter 166. Separation System Synthesis of Fractional Crystallisation Processes With Heat Integration 1012
Chapter 167. Optimization of bleed streams in evaporation systems based on pinch analysis: new approach 1018
Chapter 168. Knowledge Based Models for the Analysis of Complex Separation Processes 1024
Chapter 169. Synthesis of Solvent Extraction Separation Schemes in Hydrometallurgy 18
Chapter 170. Synthesis of Separation Processes by Using Case-based Reasoning 1036
Chapter 171. An analytical process performance model for batch distillations 1042
Chapter 172. Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks Considering Stream Splitting and the Rigorous Calculation of the Heat Transfer Coefficient According to the Bell Delaware Method 1048
Chapter 173. Using Conceptual Models for the Synthesis and Design of Batch Distillations 1054
Chapter 174. Mixed Integer Linear Programming and Constrained Based Search Approaches in a Multipurpose Batch Plant Short Term Scheduling Problem 1060
Chapter 175. A Continuous-Time Approach to Short-Term Scheduling of Resource- Constrained Multistage Batch Facilities 1066
Chapter 176. A Comparative Study of Bi-linear and Tri-linear Approaches for the Monitoring of an Industrial Batch Process 1072
Chapter 177. Planning and Scheduling in a Pharmaceutical Research and Development 1078
Chapter 178. Mixed Integer programming techniques for the scheduling of fuel oil and asphalt production 1084
Chapter 179. A Time-Windows Approach for Enhancing the Capabilities of Batch Scheduling Systems: An Application to Simulated Annealing Search 1090
Chapter 180. A Hierarchical Approach for Real-Time Scheduling of a Multiproduct Batch Plant with Uncertainties 1096
Chapter 181. Closed-Loop Implementation of Optimal Operating Policies in Batch Distillation 1102
Chapter 182. Development of an efficient system for scheduling large-scale industrial process and consumer goods factories with multipurpose and flexible storage 1108
Chapter 183. Optimal Cyclic Operation of Biomass Production 1114
Chapter 184. Short-term Scheduling and Recipe Optimization of Blending Processes 1120
Chapter 185. Planning and Maintenance Optimization for Multipurpose Plants 1126
Chapter 186. A Mathematical Programming Approach for the Optimal Scheduling of Heat- Integrated Multipurpose Plants under Fouling Conditions 1132
Chapter 187. Development of Batch Process Operation Management Platform 1138
Chapter 188. Synthesis, experiments and simulation of a heterogeneous batch distillation process 1144
Chapter 189. Robust Mixed Stochastic Enumerative Search Technique for Batch Sequencing Problems 1150
Chapter 190. Systematic Assessments of Uncertain Demand Effects on Multiproduct Batch Process Design Using a Multi-Objective Optimization Technique 1156
Chapter 191. A Mixed Integer Model for LPG Scheduling 1162
Chapter 192. Simulation-aided Implementation of Supervisory Control for Industrial Batch Reactors 1168
Chapter 193. Dynamic modeling of batch distillation: comparison between commercial software 1174
Chapter 194. Design, Synthesis and Scheduling of Multipurpose Batch Plants via an Effective Continuous-Time Formulation 1180
Chapter 195. A Novel Superstructure and Optimisation Scheme for the Synthesis of Reaction-Separation Processes 1186
Chapter 196. Short term Product distribution plan for multisite batch production, warehousing and distribution operations: solutions through Supply-Demand network and Resource-Task network optimisation approaches 1192
Chapter 197. A New Generation in ERM Systems: The Tic Tac Toe Algorithm 1198
Author Index 1204