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

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 …

The bio-manufacturing industry, along with other process industries, now has the opportunity
to be engaged in the latest industrial revolution, also known as Industry 4.0. To successfully …

The design of dynamically operated fixed bed reactors is a challenging task, especially for
highly exothermic reactions. Fluctuations of process conditions such as inlet flow rate and …

Despite increasing incentives, the practice of separating process design and control tasks
remains prevalent. Current integrated approaches, when coupled with controller design …

Post-combustion CO 2 capture plants that employ amine-based solvents are regarded as
the most feasible strategy to reduce the CO 2 emission from coal-fired power plants. This …

The real‐time periodic performance of a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) system strongly
depends on the choice of key decision variables and operational considerations such as …

A stochastic-based simultaneous design and control methodology for chemical processes
under uncertainty is presented. An optimization framework is proposed with the aim of …

A methodology for simultaneous design and control for dynamic systems under uncertainty
has been developed. The algorithm moves away (back-off) from the optimal steady-state …