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Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization in the Chemical Engineering Curriculum
Published in Mariano Martín Martín, Introduction to Software for Chemical Engineers, 2019
Mariano Martín, Ignacio E. Grossmann
Furthermore, the chemical engineering profession offers careers in a wide range of topics from the process industries, high-technology areas, the petroleum and energy industries, environmental technologies. The future of Chemical engineering depends indeed on the needs of the society [13]. In order to be flexible, the core must be maintained. The reason is simple, part of the great success of Chemical Engineering is due to the relationship between basic science, process design and manufacture providing a strong scientific and technical background that enables the chemical engineer into different industries. Some of the main tasks of Chemical engineers are to supervise the operation of chemical plants, redesign chemical processes for pollution prevention, and develop new products and processes. Moreover, Chemical Engineers are also found in industries associated with new materials such as polymers (plastics and resins), fibres, and coatings (paint, integrated circuits, magnetic tapes). Traditionally, in the petroleum industry, Chemical Engineers developed catalysts and new reaction and separation units to improve yields in the production of fuels. Furthermore, the pharmaceutical industry recruits Chemical Engineers who posses expertise in both process engineering and biochemistry/molecular biology. In the semiconductor industry, chemical engineers supervise the processing of complex polymers, chip fabrication and production of thin films. A growing number of consulting companies seek chemical engineers for financial evaluation of the economic feasibility of industrial projects and for assessment of environmental impact of projects.
Waste Prevention: Its Impact and Analysis
Published in Biswaranjan Acharya, Satarupa Dey, Mohammed Zidan, IoT-Based Smart Waste Management for Environmental Sustainability, 2022
Arjyadhara Pradhan, Sarita Samal, Babita Panda, Biswaranjan Acharya
Municipal solid waste (MSW) includes paper, cardboard, glass, plastics, textiles, metals, and wood waste. Agricultural waste includes manure from farms, slurry, silage effluent, cereal and crop residues, and rotten output. Among these different types of waste, some are hazardous, as they contain toxic and explosives. Oily waste and waste from chemical plants are mostly dangerous, as they create environmental pollution. Many organic processes give out strong chemicals as output, which cause air and water pollution.
Industrial Applications of SPEEDUP to Process Control
Published in Derek A. Linkens, CAD for Control Systems, 2020
Second, it should be able to handle very large and complex systems. A chemical plant is an integrated system with a high degree of interactions among units of operations. A model of such a plant typically involves thousands of differential and algebraic equations.
Sim-to-real transfer in reinforcement learning-based, non-steady-state control for chemical plants
Published in SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration, 2022
Shumpei Kubosawa, Takashi Onishi, Yoshimasa Tsuruoka
Chemical plants are complex and dynamical systems for manufacturing chemical products. Figure 1 shows a chemical plant for binary distillation (i.e. separating two components from a mixture). Generally, chemical plants leverage sensitive chemical phenomena such as the vapour-liquid equilibrium, reaction, and polymerization. To meticulously control complex and interdependent phenomena, chemical plants feature many sensors and manipulation points such as valves and switches. Additionally, to maintain continuous and stable production, modern industrial chemical plants are equipped with automatic controllers such as proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controllers and model predictive controllers (MPC) [1].