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Optimal Operation of Batch Membrane Processes

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Authors:
  1. Radoslav Paulen

    1. Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

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  2. Miroslav Fikar

    1. Institute of Information Engineering, Automation and Mechanics, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia

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  • Shows the reader that existing industrial processes can easily be updated to improve economic viability
  • Rigorous model-based approach to optimal control can be extended to accomodate new areas of research
  • Feedback-based strategy allows the reader to cope with uncertainties such as perturbations and model mismatch
  • Exemplary case studies provide examples of the application of the new approaches described
  • MATLAB® files enable the reader to reproduce and adapt the analysis of selected examples
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advances in Industrial Control (AIC)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Membrane Processes

    • Radoslav Paulen, Miroslav Fikar
    Pages 1-25

  3. Optimal Control Problem

    • Radoslav Paulen, Miroslav Fikar
    Pages 27-35

  4. Solution of Optimal Control Problems

    • Radoslav Paulen, Miroslav Fikar
    Pages 37-56

  5. Operation at Limiting Flux

    • Radoslav Paulen, Miroslav Fikar
    Pages 57-82

  6. Perfect Rejection of Both Solutes

    • Radoslav Paulen, Miroslav Fikar
    Pages 83-107

  7. Perfect Rejection of Macro-Solute

    • Radoslav Paulen, Miroslav Fikar
    Pages 109-128

  8. Constant Incomplete Rejection of Solutes

    • Radoslav Paulen, Miroslav Fikar
    Pages 129-141

  9. General Membrane Model

    • Radoslav Paulen, Miroslav Fikar
    Pages 143-151

  10. Conclusions and Future Research

    • Radoslav Paulen, Miroslav Fikar
    Pages 153-155

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 157-158
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About this book

This study concentrates on a general optimization of a particular class of membrane separation processes: those involving batch diafiltration. Existing practices are explained and operational improvements based on optimal control theory are suggested. The first part of the book introduces the theory of membrane processes, optimal control and dynamic optimization. Separation problems are defined and mathematical models of batch membrane processes derived. The control theory focuses on problems of dynamic optimization from a chemical-engineering point of view. Analytical and numerical methods that can be exploited to treat problems of optimal control for membrane processes are described. The second part of the text builds on this theoretical basis to establish solutions for membrane models of increasing complexity. Each chapter starts with a derivation of optimal operation and continues with case studies exemplifying various aspects of the control problems under consideration. The authors work their way from the limiting flux model through increasingly generalized models to propose a simple numerical approach to the general case of optimal operation for batch diafiltration processes. Researchers interested in the modelling of batch processes or in the potential industrial applications of optimal control theory will find this monograph a valuable source of inspiration, instruction and ideas.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

    Radoslav Paulen

  • Institute of Information Engineering, Automation and Mechanics, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Miroslav Fikar

About the authors

Radoslav Paulen received MSc degree and PhD degrees in Automation from Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava in 2008 and 2012, respectively. Currently, he is a post-doc with the Chair of Process Dynamics and Operations at the Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering of Technische Universität Dortmund. He is interested in optimal process control, real-time optimisation, parameter estimation, membrane filtration, emulsion polymerisation.
Miroslav Fikar received his MSc and PhD degrees in Chemical Process Control from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava in 1989 and 1994, respectively. He has stayed with the Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology STU where he is currently a professor and institute director. He was Postdoc Fellow in Nancy, France, Alexander von Humboldt Fellow in Bochum, Germany and spent several stays in Denmark, Germany, France, Switzerland. His current research interests include optimal control, MPC, and chemical process control. He is a coauthor of several monographs including Process Modelling, Identification, and Control (Springer, 2007).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Optimal Operation of Batch Membrane Processes

  • Authors: Radoslav Paulen, Miroslav Fikar

  • Series Title: Advances in Industrial Control

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20475-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-20474-1Published: 05 October 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37390-4Published: 21 February 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-20475-8Published: 24 September 2015

  • Series ISSN: 1430-9491

  • Series E-ISSN: 2193-1577

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 158

  • Number of Illustrations: 18 b/w illustrations, 42 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Control and Systems Theory, Water Quality/Water Pollution, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering

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