Process Control Developments in Petrochemicals


Description:
This session highlight process control applications and developments in Petrochemicals, including such topics as Advanced Regulatory Control, Model Predictive Control, Real Time Optimization, Nonlinear Control, Inferential Modeling/State Estimation, Monitoring, and other higher-level techniques or methods.

Sponsor:
Fuels and Petrochemicals Division


Chair:
Mark Darby
Principal
CMiD Solutions
13106 Dogwood Blossom Trail
Houston, TX
77065
Phone Number: 713-927-8709
Email: darbymark@sbcglobal.net

Co-Chair:
M. Nazmul Karim
Professor and Department Head, Michael O'Connor Chair II
Texas A&M University
Chemical Engineering
255 Jack E Brown Building
College Station, TX
77845-3122
Email: nazkarim@tamu.edu


Papers:
An Inverse-Based Methodology for Disturbance Identification of Nonlinear MIMO Systems
Liwen Chen, Lamar University; Qiang Xu, Lamar University
Multiscale Representation of Improved Multi-Kernel Partial Least Square Technique for Process Monitoring of the Industrial Processes
Chiranjivi Botre, Texas A&M university; Majdi Mansouri, Texas A&M University, Qatar; Hazem Nounou, Texas A&M University, Qatar; Mohamed Nounou, Texas A&M University, Qatar; M. Nazmul Karim, Texas A&M University
Recent Advances in MVC Technology
Darwin Logerot, ProSys, Inc.
Model Predictive Control for Ethylene Oxide Explosion Limits Under Plant Upset Conditions
Albert Odell III, Lamar University; Qiang Xu, Lamar University
Real Time Optimal Control and State Estimation in Semi-Batch Free-Radical Polymerization Reactors
Santiago D. Salas, Louisiana State University; Wenbo Zhu, Louisiana State University; Navid Ghadipasha, Louisiana State University; Jose A. Romagnoli, Louisiana State Univeristy; Terry McAfee, Tulane University; Wayne F. Reed, Tulane University
Advanced Control Implementation By Dynamic Matrix Control Pyrolysis Gasoline Hydrogenation Units in Braskem Plant
Pleycienne Ribeiro Trajano, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP); Iva das Neves Reis, Braskem; Anderson Paim, Braskem; Joana Arnaldo Ribeiro, Braskem; Francisco Franco Amaral, Braskem