Integration of Chemical Process Design and Control

小行星9522886 该奖项致力于化学过程设计和控制的集成。 过程的设计决定了变量相互作用、干扰抑制和设定点跟踪的特性，这些特性包括其固有的可控性。 过程设计综合通常是在不考虑可控性的情况下寻求使某些经济目标达到极值的过程。 本研究的目标是研究并发展一种系统的方法，以考虑化工过程的动态模型，实现设计与控制的相互作用。 特别是，研究将集中在（1）一个新的优化为基础的框架，可以解决非线性问题，连续和整数变量的微分和代数约束的存在，（2）新的方法的发展，设计和控制的相互作用，将解决问题的模型不确定性和干扰在操作过程中的稳态和动态性能，以及（3）设计和控制相互作用的新框架在精馏塔综合、反应器-分离器-再循环系统和间歇精馏塔中的应用。 如果成功，这项研究将为化学工艺设施的设计提供新的见解，从而提高产量，降低生产成本，减少对环境的影响。

9522886 Floudas This award addresses the integration of chemical process design and control. The design of a process determines the properties of variable interaction, disturbance rejection, and set-point tracking, which comprise its inherent controllability. Process design synthesis unusually seeks the process that extremizes some economic objective without consideration of controllability. The goal of this research is to study ald develop a systematic approach for the interaction of design and control that will take into account dynamic models of the chemical process. In particular, the research will focus on (1) the study of a new optimization-based framework that can address nonlinear problems with continuous and integer variables in the presence of both differential and algebraic constraints, (2) the development of new methods for the interaction of design and control that will address the issues of model uncertainties and disturbances during operation for steady state and dynamic performance, and (3) the application of the new framework for the interaction of design and control to distillation column synthesis, reactor-separator-recycle systems, and batch distillation columns. If successful, this research will provide new insights on the design of chemical process facilities that could yield improved output, reduced production cost, and reduced environmental impact.