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Polymerisation Processes

Reactive separation processes

Crystallisation Processes

Pressure swing adsorption

Chromatographic separation systems

Membrane-based separations

  • Alonso A.I., Galan B., Gonzalez M., Ortiz I. (1999). Experimental and theoretical analysis of a nondispersive solvent extraction pilot plant for the removal of Cr(VI) from a galvanic process wastewaters, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 38, 4, 1666-1675.
  • Alonso A.I., Pantelides C.C. (1996). Modelling and simulation of integrated membrane processes for recovery of Cr(VI) with Aliquat 336, Journal of Membrane Science, 110, 2, 151-167.
  • Antonio G.A., Sorensen E., Papageorgiou L.G., Guadix E.M. (2004). Optimal design and operation of continuous ultrafiltration plants. Journal of Membrane Science, 235, 1-2, 131-138.
  • Daviou M.C., Hoch P.M., Eliceche A.M., Ortiz I. Synthesis of membrane modules in hybrid distillation/pervaporation processes. In Proc. 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, 10-14 July 2005, Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Marriott J.I., Sorensen E., Bogle I.D.L. (2001). Detailed mathematical modelling of membrane modules, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 25, 4-6, 693-670.
  • Vareltzis, P., Kikkinides, E.S. Georgiadis M.C. (2003) "Modelling and Optimisation of Zeolite Membranes for Gas Separations", Chem. Eng. Res. Des., 30, Part A, 525-536

Other complex separation systems

  • Lee C.H., Moon J.H. (2007). Hydrogen Separation of Methyltriethoxysilane Templating Silica Membrane. AIChE Journal, 53, 3125-3136
  • Abbas A., Romagnoli J. A modelling environment for the advanced operation of crystallisation processes Process Systems Engineering 2003, PTS A AND B, Editors: Chen B., Westerberg A.W., Computer-Aided Process Engineering, 15, 1250-1255, 2003.
  • Bravi M., Bubbico R., Manna F., Verdone N. (2002). Process optimisation in sunflower oil extraction by supercritical CO2. Chemical Engineering Science, 57, 14, 2753-2764.
  • Dunnebier G., Pantelides C.C. (1999). Optimal design of thermally coupled distillation columns, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 38, 1, 162-176.
  • Escalante H., Alonso, A.I., Ortiz I., Irabien A. (1999).Separation of L-Phenylalanine by Nondispersive Extraction and Backextraction. Equilibrium and Kinetic Parameters, Sep. Sci. Tech. 33, 1, 119-139.
  • Gonzalez B., Ortiz I. (2002). Modelling and simulation of a hybrid process (pervaporation-distillation) for the separation of azeotropic mixtures of alcohol-ether. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 77, 1, 29-42.
  • Gonzalez B., Ortiz I. (2001). Modelling and Simulation of a hybrid process (pervaporation-distillation) for the separation of azeotropic mixtures of alcohol-ether. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol., 77 29-42.
  • Hoch P.M., Daviou M.C., Eliceche A.M. (2003). Optimisation of the operating conditions of azeotropic distillation columns with pervaporation membranes. Latin American Applied Research, 33, 177-183.
  • Kougoulos E., Jones A.G., Wood-Kaczmar M.W. (2006). Process modelling tools for continuous and batch organic crystallization processes including application to scale-up. Organic Process Research & Development, 10, 4, 739-750.
  • Kramer H.J.M., Bermingham S.K., van Rosmalen G.M. (1999). Design of industrial crystallisers for a given product quality, J. Crystal Growth. 199, (Pt. 1), 729-737.
  • Matsuda K., Huang K., Nakaiwa M., et al. (2006). Simulation of ternary distillation in a heat integrated distillation column (HIDiC) with a rate-based model. Journal of the Chinese Institute of Chemical Engineers, 37, 5, 467-474.
  • Neumann A.M., Bermingham S.K., Kramer H.J.M., van Rosmalen G.M. (1999). The effect of the impeller speed on the product crystal size distribution (CSD) in a 22 liter draft tube (DT) crystallizer, J. Crystal Growth. 199 (Pt. 1), 723-728.
  • Repke J.U., Klein A, Forner F. Homogeneous azeotropic distillation in an energy- and mass-integrated pressure swing column system, European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering - 14, Editors: Barbosa-Povoa A.P, Matos H., Computer-Aided Process Engineering, 18, 757-762, 2004.
  • Smith E.M.B., Pantelides C.C. (1995). Design of reaction separation networks using detailed models, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 19, S83-S88.
  • Xu Y.Q., Ng F.T.T., Rempel G.L. (2005). Comparison of a pseudo-homogeneous non-equilibrium dynamic model and a three-phase non-equilibrium dynamic model for catalytic distillation, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 44, 16, 6171-6180.
  • Yongsunthon I., Alpay E. (1999). Design of periodic adsorptive reactors for the optimal integration of reaction, Separation and Heat Exchange, Chem. Eng. Sci. 54, 13-14, 2647-2657.

Heat and power systems

Batch processes

  • Lopez, J.A., Bucala V., Villar, M.A. (2010). Application of Dynamic Optimization Techniques for Poly(beta-hydroxybutyrate) Production in a Fed-Batch Bioreactor. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 49, 1762-1769.
  • Edreder E.A., Mujtaba I.M., Emtir, M. (2009). Optimisation of Design, Operation and Scheduling of Batch Reactive Distillation Process with Strict Product Specification and Fixed Product Demand using gPROMS. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering 26, 411-415.
  • Ali M.I., Schneider P.A. (2006). A fed-batch design approach of struvite system in controlled supersaturation. Chemical Engineering Science, 61, 12, 3951-3961.
  • Barakat T., Sorensen E. Optimal synthesis and design of hybrid batch separation processes. In Proc. 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, 10-14 July 2005, Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Charalambides M.S., Shan N., Pantelides C.C. (1995). Synthesis of Batch reaction/distillation processes using detailed dynamic-models, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 19, S167-S174.
  • Diehl M., Schafer A., Bock H.G., Schloder J.P., Leineweber D.B. (2002). Optimization of multiple-fraction batch distillation with recycled waste cuts. AIChE Journal, 48, 12, 2869-2874.
  • Furlonge H.I., Pantelides C.C., Sorensen E. (1999). Optimal operation of multivessel batch distillation columns, AIChE Journal 1999, 45, 4, 781-801.
  • Giovanoglou A., Barlatier J., Adjiman C.S., Pistikopoulos E.N., Cordiner J.L. (2003). Optimal solvent design for batch separation based on economic performance, AIChE Journal, 49, 12, 3095-3109.
  • Low K.H., Sorensen E. (2002). Optimal operation of extractive distillation in different batch configurations, AIChE Journal, 48, 5, 1034-1050.
  • Sharif M., Shah N., Pantelides C.C. (1999). Design of integrated batch processes with discrete and continuous equipment sizes. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 23, S117-S120.
  • Sharif M., Shah N., Pantelides C.C. (1998). On the design of multicomponent batch distillation columns, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 22, S69-S76.
  • Sorensen, E. (1999). A cyclic operating policy for batch distillation - Theory and practice, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 23, 4-5, 533-542.
  • Viswanathan S., Shah N., Venkatasubramanian V. (2000). A hybrid strategy for batch process hazards analysis. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 24, 2-7, 545-549.
  • Wang L., Li P., Wozny G., Wang S.Q. (2003). A startup model for simulation of batch distillation starting from a cold state, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 27, 10, 1485-1497.
  • Winkel M.L., Zullo L.C., Verheijen P.J.T., Pantelides C.C. (1995). Modelling and simulation of the operation of an industrial batch plant using gPROMS, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 19, S571-S576.

Process design and control

  • Dowell, N.M., Galindo, A., Jackson, G., Adjiman, C.S. (2010). Integrated solvent and process design for the reactive separation of CO2 from flue gas, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 28,. 1231-1236.
  • Jogwar, S.S., Daoutidis, P. (2010). Energy flow patterns and control implications for integrated distillation networks, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 49, 8048-8061
  • Damartzis, T., Seferlis, P. (2010). Optimal Design of Staged Three-Phase Reactive Distillation Columns Using Nonequilibrium and Orthogonal Collocation Models. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research,49, 3275-3285.
  • Singh A., and Hovd M. (2007). Dynamic modeling and control structure design for a liquefied natural gas process. Proceedings of the American Control Conference , art. no. 4282284, 1347-1352.
  • Ekpo E.E., Mujtaba, I.M. (2007). Performance analysis of three controllers for the polymerisation of styrene in a batch reactor. Chemical Product and Process Modeling 2 (1), art. no. 3
  • Van Brempt W.,Backx T., Ludlage J., Van Overschee P. (2001). Optimal Trajectories for grade change control: application on a polyethylene gas phase reactor.Proceedings of the 2003 American Control Conference, 2003. 5411- 5416 vol.6
  • Ekpo E.E., Mujtaba IM. (2007). Optimal control trajectories for a batch polymerisation reactor. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, 5, Article No: A4. MacRosty R.D.M. Swartz, C.L.E. (2007). Dynamic optimisation of electric arc furnace operation. AIChE Journal, 53, 640-653
  • Bansal V., Sakizlis V., Ross R., Perkins J.D., Pistikopoulos E.N. (2003). New algorithms for mixed-integer dynamic optimization, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 27, 5, 647-668.
  • Bansal V., Perkins J.D., Pistikopoulos E.N. (2002). A case study in simultaneous design and control using rigorous mixed-integer dynamic optimisation models, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 41, 760-778.
  • Engell S., Fernholz G (2003). Control of a reactive separation process. Chemical Engineering and Processing, 42, 201-210.
  • Georgiadis, M.C., Schenk, M., Pistikopoulos, E.N., Gani, R., (2002) The interactions of design, control and operability in reactive distillation systems,. Computers and Chem. Engng., 26, 735-746.
  • Kookos I.K., Perkins J.D. (2001). An algorithm for simultaneous process design and control. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 40, . 19, 4079-4088.
  • Kowalewski S., Stursberg O., Fritz M., Graf H., Hoffmann I., Preussig J., Remelhe M., Simon S., Treseler H. (1999). A case study in tool-aided analysis of discretely controlled continuous systems: The two tanks problem. Hybrid Systems V, 1567, 163-1.
  • Panjwani P., Schenk M., Georgiadis M.C., Pistikopoulos E N. Process design and control of a reactive distillation system", Engineering Optimisation, In Press, 2005.
  • Pinheiro C.I.C., Kershenbaum L.S. (1999). Model predictive control of reactor temperature in a CSTR pilot plant operating at an unstable steady-state. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 23, S859-S862.
  • Rolandi P.A., Romagnoli J.A. On-line optimising control of large-scale chemical processes. In Proc. 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, 10-14 July 2005, Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Ross, R., Bansal, V., Perkins, J.D., Pistikopoulos, E.N., van Schijndel, J.M.G., Koot, G.L.M. (1999). Optimal design and control of an industrial distillation system, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 23, S875-S878..
  • Rotava O., Sargent R.W.H., Kershenbaum L.S. (1999). Implementation of linear and nonlinear optimal control techniques in a CO2 absorption/desorption plant, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 23, S879-S882.
  • Sakizlis V., Perkins J.D., Pistikopoulos E.N. (2004). Recent advances in optimisation-based simultaneous process design and control. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 28, 10, 2069-2086.

Food, biochemical, biomedical and biotechnological applications

  • Reinheimer, M.A., Mussati, S., Scenna, N.J. (2010). Influence of product composition and operating conditions on the unsteady behavior of hard candy cooling process. Journal of Food Engineering, 101, 409-416.
  • Kontoravdi C., Pistikopoulos, E.N., Mantalaris, A. (2010). Systematic development of predictive mathematical models for animal cell cultures, Computers and Chemical Engineering, 34, 1192-1198.
  • Dua P, Dua V, Pistikopoulos EN (2010). Modelling and multi-parametric control for delivery of anaesthetic agents, Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 48, 543-553.
  • Fuentesa, M., Mussatia, M.C., Scenna, N.J., Aguirre, P.A. (2009). Global modeling and simulation of a three-phase fluidized bed bioreactor. Computers and Chemical Engineering, 33, 359–370.
  • Zavrel, M., Kochanowski, K., Spiess, A.C. (2010); Comparison of different approaches and computer programs for progress curve analysis of enzyme kinetics. Engineering in Life Sciences, 10, 191-200.
  • Fuentesa, M., Mussatia, M.C., Scenna, N.J., Aguirre, P.A. (2009). Global modeling and simulation of a three-phase fluidized bed bioreactor. Computers and Chemical Engineering, 33, 359–370
  • Dua P., Doyle F.J., Pistikopoulos E.N. (2009). Multi-objective blood glucose control for type 1 diabetes. Medical and Biological Engineering & Computing, 47, 343-352
  • Dua P., Dua V., Pistikopoulos E.N. (2008). Optimal delivery of chemotherapeutic agents in cancer. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 32, 99-107
  • Dua P., Doyle F.J., Pistikopoulos E.N. (2006). Title: Model-based blood glucose control for Type 1 diabetes via parametric programming IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 53, 1478-1491.
  • Dua P., Dua V., Pistikopoulos E.N. Modelling and parametric control of drug delivery systems. In Proc. 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, 10-14 July 2005, Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Dua P., Sakizlis V., Dua V., Doyle III F.J., Pistikopoulos E.N. (2004). Model based control for insulin delivery for Type 1 diabetics via parametric programming. Proceeding of the European Symposium on Computer-Aided Process Engineering - 14, Editors: Barbosa-Povoa A., Matos H., 1045-1050.
  • Georgiadis M.C., Rotstein G.E., Macchietto S. (1998). Modeling and simulation of shell and tube heat exchagers under milk fouling, AIChE Journal, 44, 959-971.
  • Georgiadis M.C., Rotstein G.E., Macchietto S. (1998). Optimal design and operation of heat exchangers under milk fouling, AIChE Journal, 44, 2099-2111.
  • Georgiadis M.C., Rotstein G.E., Macchietto S. (1998). Modelling and simulation of complex plate heat exchanger arrangements under milk fouling, Computers and Chem. Engng., 22, 331-338.
  • Georgiadis M.C., Macchietto S. (2000) Dynamic modelling and simulation of plate heat exchangers under milk fouling, Chemical Engineering Science, 55, 1605-1619.
  • Kontoravdi C., Asprey S.P., Pistikopoulos E.N., Mantalaris A., (2005). Application of global sensitivity analysis to determine goals for design of experiments - An example study on antibody-producing cell cultures. To appear in Biotechnology Progress.
  • Kontoravdi C., Asprey S.P., Pistikopoulos E.N., Mantalaris A. Dynamic of MAb production and glycosylation for the purpose of product quality control. Proceedings of ESCAPE-15, Barcelona, Spain, 28 May - 1 June 2005
  • Kontoravdi C., Asprey S.P., Pistikopoulos E.N., Mantalaris A. (2005). Application of the Sobol´ global sensitivity analysis method to a dynamic model of MAb-producing mammalian cell cultures. In: Proceedings of the 24th IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control. Innsbruck, Austria, 361-366.
  • Kontoravdi C., Katsika A., Gavrielides Y., Asprey S.P., Pistikopoulos E.N., Mantalaris A. (2005). Towards the optimisation of the production of monoclonal antibodies. In: Computer Applications in Biotechnology 2004. Nancy, France.
  • Kuhlmann, C., Bogle, I.D.L. Chalabi, Z.S. (1998). Robust operation of fed batch fermenters, Bioproc. Eng. 19, 1, 53-59.
  • Lu Y., Clarkson A., Titchener Hooker N., Pantelides C.C., Bogle D. (1994). Simulation as a tool in process design and management for production of intracellular enzymes, Chemical Engineering, Research & Design, 72, A3, 371-375.
  • Mussati M.C., Fuentes M., Scenna N.J., Aguirre P.A. (2003). Optimizing load policy in anaerobic biofilm reactors for wastewater treatment, Latin American Applied Research, 33, 3, 301-305.
  • Mussati M., Aguirre P., Scenna N.J. (1998). Modeling of real biological reactors for the treatment of complex substrates. Dynamic simulation, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 22, S723-S726.
  • Samsatli N., Shah N. (1996). An Optimisation based design procedure for biochemical processes. Chemical Engineering, Research & Design, 74, Part C, 221-231.
  • Samsatli N., Shah N. (1995). Optimal Design of continuous sterilization networks, Computers and Chem. Engng., 19, S95-S100.
  • Uesbeck, F., Samsatli, N.J., Papageorgiou, L.G. Shah, N. (1998). Robust optimal fermentation operating policies, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 22(SS), S167-S174.
  • Wood J., Fernandez G., Barker A., Cumby T., Gregory J. Investigation of the performance of a down flow reed bed system for the treatment of dairy farm wastewater. In Proc. 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, 10-14 July 2005, Glasgow, Scotland.

Multiscale gPROMS/CFD modelling

  • Bermingham S.K., Verheijen PJT., Kramer H.J.M. (2003). Optimal design of solution crystallization processes with rigorous models, Chemical Engineering Research & Design, 81, A8, 893-903.
  • Bezzo F., Macchietto S., Pantelides C.C. (2004). A general methodology for hybrid multizonal/CFD models - Part I. Theoretical framework. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 28, 4, 501-511.
  • Bezzo F., Macchietto S., Pantelides C.C. (2003). General hybrid multizonal/CFD aroach for bioreactor modeling, AIChE Journal, 49, 8, 2133-2148.
  • Bezzo F., Macchietto S., Pantelides C.C. (2000). A general framework for the integration of computational fluid dynamics and process simulation. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 24, 2-7, 653-658.
  • Choi Y., Chung S., Oh M., Kim H. (2005). Investigation of crystallization in a Jet Y-Mixer by a hybrid Computational fluid dynamics and process simulation approach, Crystal Growth & Design, 5, 3, 959-968
  • Kougoulos E, Jones A.G., Wood-Kaczmar M. (2005). CFD modelling of mixing and heat transfer in batch cooling crystallizers - Aiding the development of a hybrid predictive compartmental model. Chemical Engineering Research & Design, 83 (A1): 30-39.
  • Kougoulos E., Jones A.G., Wood-Kaczmar M.W. (2006). A hybrid CFD compartmentalization modeling framework for the scaleup of batch cooling crystallization processes. Chemical Engineering Communications, 193, 8, 1008-1023.
  • Kougoulos E., Jones A.G., Wood-Kaczmar M.W. (2006). Process modelling tools for continuous and batch organic crystallization processes including application to scale-up. Organic Process Research & Development, 10, 4, 739-750.
  • Marias F. (2003). A model of a rotary kiln incinerator including processes occurring within the solid and the gaseous phases. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 27, 813-825.
  • Urban Z., Pantelides C.C. (2003). High accuracy predictive modeling for solid oxide fuel cell units in systems. In Proc. Eighth grove Fuel cell Symposium, 24-26 September 2003, London, U.K.

Numerical algorithms (solution methods, dynamic optimisation)

  • Hartwich, A., Marquardt, W. (2010). Dynamic optimization of the load change of a large-scale chemical plant by adaptive single shooting, Computers and Chemical Engineering, 34, 1873-1889.
  • Bouaswaig, A.E., Engell, S. (2009). WENO scheme with static grid adaptation for tracking steep moving fronts. Chemical Engineering Science, 64, 3214 -3226.
  • Avraam M.P., Shah N., Pantelides C.C. (1999). A decomposition algorithm for the optimisation of hybrid dynamic processes. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 23, S451-S454.
  • Jarvis R.B., Pantelides C.C. (1991). Robust Dynamic Simulation of Chemical Engineering Processes, Chemical Engineering Research & Design, 69, 3, 213-214.
  • Keeping B.R., Pantelides C.C. (1998). A distributed memory parallel algorithm for the efficient computation of sensitivities of differential-algebraic systems, Mathematics and computers in simulation, 44, 6, 545-558.
  • Leineweber D.B., Schafer A., Bock H.G., Schloder J.P. (2003). An efficient multiple shooting based reduced SQP strategy for large-scale dynamic process optimization - Part II: Software aspects and alications. Computers & Chemical Engineering 27, 2, 167-174.
  • Pantelides C.C., Gritsis D., Morison K.R., Sargent R.W.H. (1988). The Mathematical Modelling of transient systems using differential algebraic equations, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 12, 5, 449-454.
  • Pantelides C.C. (1988). The consistent Initialization of Differential-Algebraic systems, Siam Journal on scientific and statistical computing, 9, 2, 213-231.
  • Rolandi, P., Cano, A. (2008). A framework for analysis of computational load of CAPE tools, European Symposium on Computer-Aided Process Engineering - 18, Editors: Braunschweig, B., Joulia, X. Elsevier.
  • Siettos C.I., Pantelides C.C., Kevrekidis I.G. (2003). Enabling dynamic process simulators to perform alternative tasks: A time-steer-based toolkit for computer-aided analysis. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 42, 26, 6795-6801.
  • Smith E.M.B., Pantelides C.C. (2001). A symbolic reformulation/spatial branch-and-bound algorithm for the global optimization of nonconvex MINLP's. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 25, 11-12, 1399-1401.
  • Smith E.M.B., Pantelides C.C. (1997). Global optimisation of nonconvex MINLPs, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 21, S791-S796.
  • Vassiliadis V.S., Sargent R.W.H., Pantelides C.C. (1994). Solution of a class of multistage dynamic optimisation problems. 1. Problems without path constraints, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 33, 9, 2111-2122.
  • Vassiliadis V.S., Sargent R.W.H., Pantelides C.C. (1994). Solution of a class of multistage dynamic optimisation problems. 2. Problems with path constraints, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 33, 9, 2123-2133.
  • Vonwatzdorf R., Naef U.G., Barton P.I., Pantelides C.C. (1994). Deterministic and Stochastic Simulation of Batch semi-continuous Processes, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 18, S343-S347.

Other application areas

gPROMS architecture and capabilities