Preliminary Program subject to change
10E05 New Approaches to Integrating Plant Operations and Control Systems
OverviewRecent advancements in information management technology and hardware are providing new opportunities to improve the performance of chemical manufacturing plants in many areas, including design, operations, maintenance, safety, and regulatory compliance. At the same time, globalization of chemicals production is creating new challenges to identifying optimum strategies and technologies, and deploying them effectively. Through an investigation of promising new technologies for plant operations and process control in chemical manufacturing plants, this session will elucidate how an integrated approach can lead to faster adoption of best management practices and realization of performance benefits in these areas.
Primary SponsorInformation Technology (10e)

Chair

Jeremiah P. OBrien
President
PDC Corporation
903-D Medical Ctr. Drive
Arlington, TX 76012
Phone Number: 817-459-4488
Fax Number: 817-459-3055
Email: jerry@pdccorp.com

CoChair

James F. Davis
Associate Vice Chancellor
University of California - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Phone Number: 310 206 0011
Fax Number: 310 206 4961
Email: jdavis@conet.ucla.edu
Session Introduction by Jerry O'Brien and Jim Davis
Jeremiah P. OBrien, PDC Corporation, 903-D Medical Ctr. Drive, Arlington, TX 76012 and James F. Davis, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095
An Integrated Framework for Stiction Diagnosis and Compensation
Ranganathan Srinivasan, ACS Labs, Honeywell International, Phoenix, AZ 85053 and Raghunathan Rengaswamy, Clarkson University, 8 Clarkson Ave, Potsdam, NY 13676
An E-Science Environment for Computation-Intensive Fire Modeling, Simulation and Research Collaborations
Dongil Peter Shin and Myong Nam Park, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Myongji University, Nam-Dong, Yongin, 449-728, South Korea
Assessment of Robustness, Redundancy and Efficiency of Process Networks for Reliable Process Operation and Mode Switching
Suttipong Songprawat, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, 10 W. 33rd St., Chicago, IL 60616, Ali Cinar, Illinois Institute of Technology, 10W 33rd Street, Room 217A PH, Chicago, IL 60616 and Fouad Teymour, Illinois Institute of Technology, 10 W. 33rd St., Chicago, IL 60616
Supervisory Control of Process Transitions: Challenges & Opportunities
Rajagopalan Srinivasan and Ng Yew Seng, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent,, Singapore, 119260, Singapore
High-Throughput Experimentation and Novel Product Development in Cyber-Infrastructure Environments
A. Kokossis, Chemical Engineering, UniS, School of Engineering, Guildford, GU1 2PD, United Kingdom and Patrick Linke, UniS, School of Engineering, Guildford, GU1 2PD, United Kingdom
Roundtable Discussion on Cyber Infrastructure, Plant Operations and Controls
Jeremiah P. OBrien, PDC Corporation, 903-D Medical Ctr. Drive, Arlington, TX 76012 and James F. Davis, University of California - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095

Computing and Systems Technology Division