Enterprise-wide sustainability involves aspects from molecular-scale design to macroscale
facilities. Typically, these aspects are treated as independent sub-problems. Maintaining …

Reactive distillation process, a representative process intensification technology, has been
widely applied in the chemical industry. However, due to the strong interaction between …

This work presents a hybrid stochastic-deterministic algorithm for optimal design of process
flowsheets, ie, finding the optimal design variables and operating conditions of multiple …

Ethyl tert-butyl ether is a high-octane gasoline blending component with excellent
performance and has important industrial application value. When ethanol and isobutylene …

In this article, the importance of considering operability and control criteria in the analysis
and design of intensified and modular processes is discussed. We first analyze the impact …

We present a detailed dynamic model for a reactive distillation system, based on which we
develop design-dependent explicit optimal control strategies. A mixed-integer dynamic …

In recent years, the urgent need to develop sustainable processes to curb the effects of
climate change has gained global attention and led to the transition into green technologies …

Optimization of chemical processes is challenging due to nonlinearities arising from
chemical principles and discrete design decisions. The optimal synthesis and design of …

Control and operation of intensified processes are inherently difficult due to a reduced
region of controllability, which originates from a high degree of interaction between the …

This work presents the optimal synthesis and design of a rigorous catalytic distillation (CD)
column that explicitly considers the multiscale and multiphase nature of this intensification …