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

这个总统青年研究者奖是为了化学过程优化相关的理论研究。一个项目通过在设计策略的早期阶段引入可控性措施，同时解决了最佳工艺设计和控制问题；以前的大多数工作都将设计和控制视为连续的任务。第二个项目是开发分析技术，同时确定反应器-分离器-回收系统的最佳配置。第三个项目将开发能够处理上述问题产生的非线性方程的算法。随着化工行业引入高附加值的特种化学品，步骤的数量和复杂性也在增加。这将需要改进程序，以优化设计和控制这些过程。

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.