Presidential Young Investigators Award: Optimal Synthesis and Control of Chemical Processes

这个总统青年研究者奖是为理论 化学过程优化的相关研究。 一个项目 同时解决了最佳工艺设计和控制问题， 在早期阶段引入可控性措施， 设计策略;大多数以前的工作都处理设计和 按顺序询问控制。 第二个项目是开发 分析技术，同时确定最佳的 反应器-分离器-再循环系统的配置。 第三 项目将开发算法，可以处理他的非线性 由上述问题产生的方程。 随着化工行业引入高附加值专业 随着化学品的增加，步骤的数量和复杂性增加。 这 将需要改进的程序，以优化设计和控制 这样的过程。

This Presidential Young Investigator Award is for theoretical research related optomization of chemical processes. One project addresses optimal process design and control simultaneously by introducing controllability measures at an early stage of the design strategy; most previous work has treated design and control as sequential asks. A second project is to develop analytical techniques that determine simultaneously the optimal configuration of reactor-separator-recycle systems. A third project will develop algorithms that can handle he non-linear equations arising from the above problems. As the chemical industry introduces high value added specialty chemicals, the number and complexity of steps increases. This will require improved procedures for optimal design and control of such processes.