There is a large variety of methods in literature for process design and control, which can be
classified into two main categories. The methods in the first category have a sequential …

Significant progress in the area of simultaneous design and control for chemical processes
has been achieved and various methodologies have been put forward to address this issue …

Conventional ternary separations progressed via thermally coupled columns such as
Petlyuk configuration to a novel design that integrates two distillation columns into one …

Presenting a systematic model reduction and hierarchical controller design framework for
broad classes of integrated process systems encountered in practice, this book first studies …

Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) has become a well-established technique for simulating the
kinetics of free radical polymerization, both to generate polymer molecular weight …

The current legislation imposes tighter restrictions in order to reduce the impact of chemical
process industry on the environment. In this context, this study presents the dynamic model …

During the whole of history, distillation has been the most extensive separation method.
Regardless of its flexibility and simplicity, distillation technology is highly energy consuming …

Integrated biodiesel processes based on reactive separations powered by solid acid/base
catalysts are available nowadays, offering significant advantages such as minimal capital …

By placing together the pieces of the design and control puzzle we developed a novel
methodology that allows the screening and selection of feasible integrated designs at an …

This paper focuses on the dynamics and control of process networks consisting of a reactor
connected with an external heat exchanger through a large material recycle stream that acts …