Preliminary Program subject to change
10A01 Industrial Perspectives in Process Design
OverviewThis session focuses on not only fundamental modeling and simulation studies but also case studies for specific industrial applications. Examples can be any industrial process design including reactor network design, separation and reactive distillation design, heat integration, etc.
Primary SponsorSystems and Process Design (10a)

Chair

Vivek Julka
Aspen Technology Inc.
Ten Canal Park
Cambridge, MA 02141
Phone Number: 617-949-1213
Email: vivek.julka@aspentech.com

CoChair

Jae W. Lee
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York
140th street and Convent Ave
New York, NY 10031
Phone Number: 1-212-650-6688
Email: lee@chemail.engr.ccny.cuny.edu
Design of Non-Isothermal Multicomponent Process Water Networks
Miguel J. Bagajewicz, Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St., T-335, Norman, OK 73019 and Milos Bogataj, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Maribor, Smetanova 17, Maribor, Slovenia
Innovative Thermal Integration of Fuel Cells in Commercial Buildings
Mithun Kamat and Sitaram Ramaswamy, United Technologies Corporation (UTC) Power, 195 Governors Highway, MS 16, South Windsor, CT 06074
Optimal Operating Policies for Reactive Chemical Systems and Application to Salicylic Acid Nitration by a Nitric Acid/ Acetic Acid Mixture
Derek W. Griffin, Duncan A. Mellichamp and Michael F. Doherty, University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Chemical Engineering, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Optimization Of Globally Optimal Power Cycle Networks
Benjamin J. Davis, UCLA Chemical Engineering Department, 5531 Boelter Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095 and Vasilios I. Manousiouthakis, Chemical Engineering Department, UCLA,, 5531 Boelter Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1592
Flare Minimization Toward Zero Discharge For Chemical Plant Turnaround Operation Via Dynamic Simulation
Qiang Xu1, Kuyen Li2, Ramon O. Romero1, Xiongtao Yang1 and Chao-Wei Liu1, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710, (2)Department of Chemical Engineering, Lamar University, P. O. Box 10053, Beaumont, TX 77710
Optimal Design, Operation, and Scheduling of Biodiesel Production
Brandon Shaw, Rene' Elms, Grace Nworie and Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi, The Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3122
Optimal Synthesis of Para-Xylene Separation Processes Based on Crystallization
Ricardo M. Lima and Ignacio E. Grossmann, Department of Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Computing and Systems Technology Division