In the current environment of increased global competition, dynamic market conditions, high energy cost and awareness towards sustainability, a lot of emphasis has been put on the development of intelligent and integrated process systems. While such systems demonstrate excellent features at the design stage, their practical implementation has been below-par due to the operating challenges resulting from such tight integration. To this end, we intend to develop sophisticated automated tools for industrial applications which will result in flexible (allowing for smooth transitions in dynamic market conditions), optimal (consuming minimum material and energy resources) and resilient (robust to external disturbances and uncertainties) process systems, holistically achieving the goals of safety, efficiency and sustainability.
Motivated by this, our research focuses on the following key aspects
Our research directly aims at facilitating the widespread implementation of energy integrated process systems. This not only has cost benefits for the manufacturing firms, but also allows for recovery and reuse of energy. The reduction in energy consumption facilitated by the tools developed via this research will lower the imports of energy sources (fuels) and result in the reduction of CO2 emissions.
Specific systems being handled include:
Motivated by this, our research focuses on the following key aspects
- Identify the key operational problems posed by the integrated systems and formulate them within the framework of process systems engineering
- Develop implementable advanced operational strategies through the integration of various design and operational tiers (design and optimal control, scheduling and control, safety and control, etc.)
- Apply the developed tools to representative systems from process and energy industries and demonstrate their efficacy in operating point transitions in the presence of disturbances and uncertainties.
Our research directly aims at facilitating the widespread implementation of energy integrated process systems. This not only has cost benefits for the manufacturing firms, but also allows for recovery and reuse of energy. The reduction in energy consumption facilitated by the tools developed via this research will lower the imports of energy sources (fuels) and result in the reduction of CO2 emissions.
Specific systems being handled include:
- Reactor-heat exchanger systems
- Energy integrated distillation
- Heat exchanger networks
- Batch energy integration
- Renewable electricity generation