Process design research opportunities

Since the design of a chemical process profoundly affects its dynamic controllability, another part of the problem s open-ended nature is the opportunity to change the process design. The design-and-control interaction problem remains as yet an open research area in terms- of the plantwide control problem. 

The search for inherently safer process options must begin early in the process life cycle, and never stop. The greatest potential opportunities for impacting process design occur early in the invention and development of processes. As stated by the National Research Council (Design,... 

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