The debutanizer column is an important unit operation in petroleum refining industries as it
is the main column to produce liquefied petroleum gas as its top product and light naphtha …

Crystallization process has been widely used for separation in many chemical industries
due to its capability to provide high purity product. To obtain the desired quality of crystal …

In this study a model for the drying process in paper production plants was developed based
on the mass and heat balances around drying cycles. Relationships for the heat transfer …

Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKPO) possesses complex structures which have caused
many incidents involving fires or explosions by mixing with incompatible substances …

A generic cascade control for an exothermic catalytic hydrogenation reaction carried-out in a
batch reactor has been studied using a lab-scale multi-phase reactor. The hydrogenation …

Historically, methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKPO), a universal hardener in the rubber
industries, has caused many serious explosions and fires in Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and …

Abstract Model Predictive Control (MPC) has recently found wide acceptance in industrial
applications, but its potential has been much impeded by linear models due to the lack of a …

An efficient method based on the Faddeev-Leverrier algorithm combined with the Adomian
decomposition method is devised to facilitate the stability analysis of multi-input multi-output …

In this research study, model predictive control (MPC) utilizing multiple reduced-models
running in series is developed and studied to investigate an improved temperature-control …

The model-based fault diagnosis approach is characterized by a powerful process
supervision capability with a priori knowledge about the system under consideration …