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Foundations of computer-aided process operations : proceedings of the third international conference held at Snowbird, Utah, 5-10 July, 1998 / edited by Joseph F. Pekny and Gary E. Blau.

By: (3rd : International Conference on Foundations of Computer Aided Process Operations (3rd : 1998 : Utah).
Contributor(s): Pekny, Joseph F | Blau, Gary E | American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: AIChE symposium series: no. 320Publisher: New York : AIChE, 1998Description: xiii, 531 p. ; 29 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0816907765.Subject(s): Chemical process control -- Data processingDDC classification: 660.2
Contents:
Invited papers -- Keynote session -- Plant-wide optimization -- Product integrity/quality -- Emerging and high-growth processes -- Planning and scheduling -- Environmental issues -- Next generation enabling technology -- Contributed papers -- Planning -- Scheduling -- Control/dynamics -- Identification/diagnosis -- Design -- Information systems.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

With an international scope this book compiles the best available knowledge from experts working in more than 21 countries. Combining summaries from a number of sessions from the recent symposium and dealing with the use of computers in support of process operations.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Invited papers -- Keynote session -- Plant-wide optimization -- Product integrity/quality -- Emerging and high-growth processes -- Planning and scheduling -- Environmental issues -- Next generation enabling technology -- Contributed papers -- Planning -- Scheduling -- Control/dynamics -- Identification/diagnosis -- Design -- Information systems.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Invited Papers
  • Keynote Session
  • To Innovate Chemical Plant Operation by Applying Advanced Technology and Management (p. 1)
  • Towards Intentional Dynamics in Supply Chain Conscious Process Operations (p. 5)
  • Plant-Wide Optimization
  • Session Summary: Plant-wide Optimization (p. 6)
  • Plant-wide Optimization: Keeping Chemical Engineering in Mind (p. 8)
  • Plant-wide Optimization: Opportunities and Challenges (p. 15)
  • Product Integrity/Quality
  • The Challenges of Product Consistency and Integrity in Slow and Fast Processes (p. 27)
  • Multivariate Statistical Treatment of Historical Data for Productivity and Quality Improvements (p. 31)
  • Refinery Quality Control by Overall Integration (p. 42)
  • Emerging and High-Growth Processes
  • Improved Technology Management through Physico-chemical Process Modeling (p. 44)
  • Planning and Scheduling
  • Session Summary: Planning and Scheduling (p. 60)
  • Synthesizing Enterprise-wide Optimization with Global Information Technologies: Harmony or Discord? (p. 62)
  • Single- and Multisite Planning and Scheduling: Current Status and Future Challenges (p. 75)
  • Towards the Convergence of Theory and Practice: A Technology Guide for Scheduling/Planning Methodology (p. 91)
  • Environmental Issues
  • From Waste Treatment to Pollution Prevention and Beyond: Opportunities for the Next 20 Years (p. 112)
  • Next Generation Enabling Technology
  • Computation and Competitiveness: Managing Technology in the Information Age (p. 126)
  • Culture Shift: Positioning Technical Computing to Enable Sustained Profitability in the Specialties Business (p. 127)
  • Contributed Papers
  • Session Summary: Contributed Papers (p. 136)
  • Planning
  • Issues in Next-Generation Supply Chain Management (p. 142)
  • A New Approach to Batch Process Planning (p. 146)
  • Auction-driven Coordination for Plantwide Optimization (p. 152)
  • Reliability and Maintenance Considerations in Process Operations under Uncertainty (p. 158)
  • Planning Under Uncertainty: A Parametric Optimization Approach (p. 164)
  • Pilot Plant Operations in Pharmaceutical Research and Development in the Next Century (p. 171)
  • An Industrial Perspective of Supply-Chain Optimization and Simulation (p. 178)
  • Total Site Optimization of a Petrochemical Complex (p. 185)
  • Operational Planning for Chemical Processes using Geographic Information and Environmental Modeling (p. 190)
  • Bringing New Specialty Chemicals to Market - A Nightmare in Planning and Scheduling (p. 197)
  • Improving Batch Manufacturing Process Operations using Mathematical Programming Based Models (p. 204)
  • Disjunctive Multiperiod Optimization Models for Process Networks (p. 210)
  • A New Conceptual Approach for Enterprise Resource Management Systems (p. 217)
  • Scheduling
  • Scheduling of a Multi-Product Polymer Batch Plant (p. 224)
  • Maximum Dispersion Algorithm for Multi-Site Delivery Scheduling (p. 231)
  • An Optimal Control Approach for Scheduling Mixed Batch/Continuous Process Plants with Variable Cycle Time (p. 237)
  • Integrated Scheduling in Steel Plants (p. 243)
  • Large Scale Multi-facility Planning using Mathematical Programming Methods (p. 249)
  • Machine Learning Approaches for Enhancing the Optimization of Batch Production Scheduling and Process Operation Problems (p. 254)
  • Using Dynamic Modeling to Improve Scheduling Capability (p. 261)
  • Minimizing Production Cycle Time at a Formulations and Packaging Plant (p. 267)
  • Integration of Production Scheduling and Activity Based Costing Models (p. 273)
  • A Task-resource Based Framework for Process Operations Modeling (p. 279)
  • Batch Production Scheduling with Flexible Recipes: The Single Product Case (p. 286)
  • Solving Trim-Loss Problems with Variable Raw Paper and Trim-Loss Widths (p. 291)
  • Control/Dynamics
  • Clifftent: Determining Full Financial Benefit from Improved Dynamic Performance (p. 297)
  • Model Predictive Control and Identification: A New Approach to Closed-loop Identification and Adaptive Control (p. 303)
  • Operational Implications of Optimality (p. 308)
  • Dynamic Simulation and Control Strategy Evaluation for MTBE Reactive Distillation (p. 315)
  • Real-Time Optimization of a FCC Recovery Section (p. 322)
  • Identification/Diagnosis
  • One Step Collective Gross Error Identification and Compensation in Linear Dynamic and Steady-State Data Reconciliation (p. 328)
  • Improved Statistical Process Control Using Wavelets (p. 332)
  • Process Operation Improvement Based on Multivariate Statistical Analysis (p. 338)
  • Optimal Alarm Logic Design for Process Networks (p. 345)
  • Adaptive Random Search and Short-cut Techniques for Process Model Identification and Monitoring (p. 351)
  • Process Monitoring using the Clustering Method and Functional-Link-Associative Neural Network (p. 360)
  • Applying a Procedural and Reactive Approach to Abnormal Situations in Refinery Control (p. 366)
  • Performance Assessment and Diagnosis of Refinery Control Loops (p. 373)
  • Fault Isolation in Industrial Processes using Fisher's Discriminant Analysis (p. 380)
  • Enhancement of Gross Error Detection when Data are Serially Correlated (p. 386)
  • Faster Development of Fermentation Processes - Early Stage Process Diagnosis (p. 391)
  • Design
  • Operational Design and its Benefits in Real-Time Use (p. 397)
  • Use of Dynamic Event-Driven Simulation for the Chemical Industry (p. 404)
  • Using Homotopy Continuation and Grobner Bases for Finding All Solutions of Steady State Process Design Problems (p. 410)
  • Design and Optimization of Chromatographic Processes in Production Scale (p. 417)
  • An Advanced Process Analysis System for Pollution Prevention (p. 421)
  • The Cost of Crossing Reaction Equilibrium in a System that is Overall Adiabatic (p. 428)
  • Flexibility Analysis of Natural Gas Plants (p. 433)
  • On Combining Operating Features in the Design of a Batch Process (p. 439)
  • Nonlinear Parameter Estimation Using Interval Analysis (p. 445)
  • A Systematic Procedure for Optimal Operation of Heat Exchanger Networks (p. 451)
  • On the Efficiency of Material Flow Simulation for Process and Multipurpose Plant Optimization (p. 458)
  • Process Optimization and Process Robustness using Experimental Design: STAVEX (p. 464)
  • A New Concept to Improve Operation and Performance of an Industrial Size Tube Reactor by Means of CFD-Modeling (p. 469)
  • Information Systems
  • Information Models for Batch and Real-time Chemical Process Data (p. 474)
  • Application Programming Interfaces for EXPRESS Information Models (p. 480)
  • A Process Plant Knowledge Repository for Multiple Applications (p. 487)
  • An Initiative for Integrated Computer-aided Process Engineering (p. 494)
  • A Process Engineering Information Management System using World Wide Web Technology (p. 501)
  • From Engineering Analyses to Operator Training (p. 507)
  • OLE Automation: Bringing the Power of Process Simulation to Plant Operations Personnel (p. 513)
  • An Open Software Architecture for Process Modeling and Model-Based Applications (p. 518)
  • Author Index (p. 525)
  • Subject Index (p. 528)