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Nordic Co-Operation in PSE Research and Education

This panel discussion explores the collaboration and coordination of Process System Engineering (PSE) research and education within the Nordic countries. Specialists from various universities discuss opportunities for Nordic co-research and co-education in PSE. Industrial challenges and the scientific basis for PSE are also addressed.

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Nordic Co-Operation in PSE Research and Education

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  1. The 14th Nordic Process Control Workshop August 23, 2007 Nordic Process Control Workshop panel CHAIR Prof. Matti Leisola Head of the Chemical Technology Dept. Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Nordic Co-Operation in Process System Engineering (PSE) Research and Education

  2. Nordic Co-Operation in Process System Engineering (PSE) Research and Education In this panel the specialists in the field discuss on cooperation and coordination of the PSE research and education within the Nordic countries.

  3. Panelist Prof. Sigurd Skogestad, NTNU • PhD in 1987 at Caltech (process control; Prof. Morari) • Since 1987: Professor in Chemical Engineering, NTNU, Trondheim • Since 1999: Head of Department • Research interests: feedback control, plantwide control

  4. Panelist • Prof. Sten Bay Jørgensen, DTU 1986 Professor of Chemical Engineering 1989 founded PDDC (process design, dynamics and conrol) 1997 cofounder of CAPEC (Computer Aided Process and Product Center) - 2006 co director of CAPEC - member of CAPEC

  5. Panelist • Prof. Claes Breitholz, Chalmers

  6. Panelist • Prof. Markku Hurme (TKK) • Professor of Plant Design

  7. PSE research at NTNU • PROST at NTNU/SINTEF: About 50 people • Process Control: Skogestad (ChE), Preisig (ChE), Foss (EE), Hovd (EE) • Process design / simulation: Gundersen (ME), Haug-Warberg (ChE), Hillestad (ChE), • Systems biology: Bar (ChE) Important application areas • Gassteknisk senter • Natural gas utilization, LNG • CO2 removal • Offshore: Integrated operations, flow assurance, flow stabilization

  8. Nordic co-operation in PSE Research and Education The first question if /Present  • Opportunities your university/institute could offer for Nordic co-research • We are happy to receive researchers and PhD students from other Nordic countries for short and long stays • Nordic co-operation in Education in the area of PSE • Presently: Most of our PhD courses take whole semester • Nordic co-operation: Would require concentrated courses (2 weeks)

  9. PSE Research at DTU CAPEC about 35 persons IVC-sep thermodynamics & Oil CHEC Combustion and Harmful Emmissions Control Polymer center ICAT catalyst center Biochemical Engineering center

  10. CAPEC COMPUTER AIDED PROCESS AND PRODUCT ENGINEERING PROJECTS TOOLS APPLICATIONS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CONTINUITY/CONSOLIDATION TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER NEW DIRECTIONS

  11. Nordic co-operation opportunities • Education: Many of our Ph.D. courses are given over 2-4 weeks • Research: We are happy to receive (and to send) Ph.D. students for research stays. • Research direction for collaboration: Research allocation decisionmaking is politically based Therefore industrial involvement is crucial!

  12. Industrial Issues • Most alarm and display systems in industry are designed with day to day operations in mind • Operator staff has been reduced and number of displays to supervise has increased • Display systems have become more flexible but also more challenging to use in safety critical situations • Introduction of advanced control methods may make the automation opaque to the operator and increases the risk of human error in safety critical situations

  13. Challenges • Coping with complexity of plant operations • Improving safety by using automation to mitigate critical plant disturbances • Making advanced automation systems transparent to the operator

  14. Scientific Basis

  15. FM Workbench(Functional Hazop)

  16. Complex systems require an integrated design approach A Chemical Process Ontology is essential

  17. Nordic Cooperation in PSE research and education Claes Breitholtz, Chalmers

  18. Inter-Nordic PSE Research The possibilities to perform inter-Nordic PSE research are potentially very good, particularly due to the following facts: • The average scientific level of Nordic PSE research is very high. • The technological level in the Nordic countries in a number of • PSE industrial key areas is very high. • The NPC now has some 20 Years of experience, implying that an • inter-Nordic PSE network exists (and will hopefully be extended). • 4. As EU grows and becomes more complex, Nordiska Rådet appears • to be an interesting complement for the rather small Nordic countries.

  19. Inter-Nordic PSE Research Funding The major problem most often is the one of research funding. In at least Sweden there has been increasing difficulties to get PSE related projects funded during the last 10 – 15 years. Two approaches to the funding of inter-Nordic cooperation could be: • Nordisk Industrifond. A cooperation between industrial companies from more than one country is (in addition to • the academic participation) required. • 2. EU 7th Research Programme. Here we have the traditional EU • STREP-projects, having the usual pros and cons of EU-projects. • There is yet some possibilities in the mobility of researchers, and • in particular the so called Marie Curie Action. For example, the • Initial Training Networks (ITN), aiming at PhD-students and post- • docs from member states and associated countries. If funded, a • three (or two) year stay at a host university is made possible.

  20. Inter-Nordic PSE Education • Swedish universities, among them Chalmers and KTH, are • engaged in the Bologna process, increasing the possibilities • to take students from other countries in general. • Two PSE related Masters programs, Systems, Control and • Mechatronics and Innovative and Sustainable Chemical • Engineering, will start at Chalmers in September 2007. • All Masters-education at Chalmers is given in English. • A centre Chemical Process Engineering is established at Chalmers. The members of this centre are companies and • one important task is to provide industrially relevantcourses, • free of charge for members (but so far given in swedish). • There are a large number of graduate schools at Chalmers and • KTH. At Chalmers there are for example a graduate school in • Signals and Systems. (Graduate courses are in English.)

  21. PSE RESEARCH AT TKK • Units: • Chemical Engineering, prof. Aittamaa • Plant Design, prof. Hurme • Process Automation, prof. Jämsä-Jounela • Industrial Chemistry, prof. Krause • Polymer Technology, prof. Seppälä • Bioprocess Engineering, prof. Leisola

  22. PSE RESEARCH AT TKK • Important areas: • Process automation • Phenomena based process modelling and simulation • Separation processes • Process design and development • Biofuel processes

  23. CO-OPERATION OPPORTUNITIES / EDUCATION Bologna system: • MSc level • PhD level • PSE International Master Program at TKK • Student exchange; Erasmus; Sokrates

  24. CO-OPERATION OPPORTUNITIES / RESEARCH • Potential co-operation areas: • Biofuel process systems; biorefineries • Information technology in process control & design • Application of optimization methods for examples in pulp and papermaking • Physical-chemical modelling • Financing: • Nordforsk • Norden • Academy of Finland etc. • Industries • Creating Nordic Center of Excellence in PSE ?

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