Sustainable process systems

Modeling and Advanced Control for Sustainable Process Systems... 

Chapter Modeling and Advanced Control for Sustainable Process Systems starts with the inclusion of sustainability in process systems engineering by integrating process control with sustainability assessment tools for the simultaneous evaluation and optimization of process operations. The sustainability evaluation results provide information on whether the implementation of control systems is moving process performance toward a more sustainable operation. 

Correlative signal processing in MIA pulse flaw detectors is an effective way to increase the sensitivity and signal to noise ratio. Instruments with such processing system should be provided with a device for adjusting and sustaining initial phases of both current and reference pulses. 

Thus, methods are now becoming available such that process systems can be designed to manufacture crystal products of desired chemical and physical properties and characteristics under optimal conditions. In this chapter, the essential features of methods for the analysis of particulate crystal formation and subsequent solid-liquid separation operations discussed in Chapters 3 and 4 will be recapitulated. The interaction between crystallization and downstream processing will be illustrated by practical examples and problems highlighted. Procedures for industrial crystallization process analysis, synthesis and optimization will then be considered and aspects of process simulation, control and sustainable manufacture reviewed. 

The surface tension of polymers (synthetic polymers such as plastics, biopolymers such as proteins and gelatin) is indeed of much interest in many areas. In industry where plastics are used, the adhesion of these materials to other materials (such as steel, glass) is of much interest. The adhesion process is very complex since the demand on quality and control is very high. This is also because adhesion systems are part of many life-sustaining processes (such as implants, etc.). The forces involved in adhesion need to be examined, and we will consider some typical examples in the following text. 

Baron, P., Masson, M., Rostaing, C., Boullis, B. 2007. Advanced separation processes for sustainable nuclear systems. GLOBAL 2007, Boise, ID, September 9-13. 

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