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• What is process modeling and control • Why improve the technology

PROCESS MODELING AND CONTROL T.F. Edgar The Department of Chemical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin. • What is process modeling and control • Why improve the technology • Process control research in our department. • Ensure safe plant operation • Meet product specifications

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• What is process modeling and control • Why improve the technology

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  1. PROCESS MODELING AND CONTROLT.F. EdgarThe Department of Chemical EngineeringThe University of Texas at Austin • What is process modeling and control • Why improve the technology • Process control research in our department

  2. • Ensure safe plant operation • Meet product specifications • Optimize economic performance • MIMO (vs. SISO) models • Nonlinear (vs. linear) models • Stochastic variables • Large number of variables

  3. Control System Monitoring and Diagnosis • Dynamic Modeling of Chemical Processes • Materials Processing • Dynamic System Identification • NMPC and Moving Horizon Predictions • Optimization Theory and Algorithms • Statistical Process Monitoring/Fault Diagnosis www.che.utexas.edu/twccc

  4. TWCCC - Multiple Projects CompanyJBRTFEJQ Abbott Labs √ √ Applied Materials √ AMD √ Aspentech √ Chemstations √ Chevron √ Eastman √ ExxonMobil √ √ Emerson Proc. Mgt. √ Johnson Control √ Praxair √ Texas Instruments √ √ Tokyo Electron √ Weyerhaeuser √ Courting Dow, Boise, Air Liquide, Bayer, Freescale, Intel, Honeywell, TOTAL, Capstone Technology, TresArk, GlaxoSmithKline

  5. M.S., Ph.D. Graduates(2004 - 2006) Student/SupervisorDestination J. Wang (JQ) Ph.D. (5/04) Auburn University E. Haseltine (JBR) Ph.D. (12/04) Vertex Pharmaceuticals R. Good (JQ) Ph.D. (8/04) AMD W. Lin (JQ) Ph.D. (5/05) Postdoc (U. Minn) P. He (JQ) Ph.D. (5/05) Tuskegee University J. Hedengren (TFE) Ph.D. (5/05) ExxonMobil W. Cho (TFE) Ph.D. (5/05) Consultant E. Hale (JQ) Ph.D. (8/05) NREL R. Chong (TFE) M.S. (8/05) AMD L. Rueda (TFE) Ph.D. (12/05) Shell S. Harrison (TFE) Ph.D. (5/06) AMD D. Castineira (TFE) Ph.D. (5/06) Shell C. Harrison (JQ) Ph.D. (5/06) Marathon Oil A. Venkat (JBR) Ph.D. (5/06) Shell K. Chamness (TFE) Ph.D. (12/06) Spansion (AMD) G. Cherry (JQ) Ph.D. (12/06) AMD

  6. M.S., Ph.D. Graduates(2007 – 2008) Student/SupervisorDestination T. Farmer (TFE) Ph.D. (5/07) Capital One J. Yu (JQ) Ph.D. (5/07) Shell P. Larsen (JBR) Ph.D. (7/07) Dow E. Mastny (JBR) Ph.D. (7/07) BP Alaska M. Rajamani (JBR) Ph.D. (10/07) BP C. Schoene (JQ) Ph.D. (12/07) Multiphase Solutions Y. Cai (JQ) Ph.D. (8/08) Freescale A. Prabhu (TFE) Ph.D. (8/08) Air Liquide H. Lee (TFE) Ph.D. (8/08) Intel Y. Zhang (TFE) Ph.D. (8/08) ExxonMobil B. Bregenzer (JQ) Ph.D. (5/09) Interviewing D. Thiele (TFE) Ph.D. (5/09) Emerson D. Weber (TFE) Ph.D. (8/09) Shell Oil S. Abrol (TFE) Ph.D. (8/09) Interviewing B. Parkinson (TFE) M.S. (8/09) Interviewing

  7. Edgar Group Highlights • 3 PhD’s graduated in 2007-08 • 30+ papers in journals/proceedings published or in press since 1/2005 • 3 new students and 1 postdoc added to group in 2008-09 Ramiro Palma – U. Florida, Xiaojiang Jiang – Zhejiang Univ., A. Nguyen – Petronas U. (Malaysia), K. Han – Seoul N.U. • 2008 AEC/APC Student Paper Award (B. Parkinson)

  8. Ph.D Candidates to Graduate in 2009 • Dan Weber (8/09) – Petroleum Reservoir Production Optimization • Sidharth Abrol (8/09) – Use of ISAT in Control and Simulation • Dirk Thiele (5/09) – Robustness Issues in Model Predictive Control

  9. Edgar Group Project Areas • Multivariable Control and Estimation • Semiconductor Manufacturing Modeling/Control • Optimization of Petroleum Reservoir Production • Flue Gas CO2 Removal Strategies (Modeling, Control, Optimization) • Model-based Fault Detection • Diabetes Control

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