CFD modeling of the influence of carrier thermal conductivity for structured catalysts in the WGS reaction

V Palma, D Pisano, M Martino - Chemical Engineering Science, 2018 - Elsevier
This work describes a CFD modeling study of the Water Gas Shift single stage process in
adiabatic conditions, operated by COMSOL Multiphysics 5.0, by means of two different …

Generalization of the concept of extents to distributed reaction systems

D Rodrigues, J Billeter, D Bonvin - Chemical Engineering Science, 2017 - Elsevier
In the chemical industry, a large class of processes involving reactions can be described by
partial differential equations that depend on time and on one or more spatial coordinates …

Model predictive control of jacket tubular reactors with a reversible exothermic reaction

L Zhang, J Xie, CR Koch… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2020 - ACS Publications
This article addresses the model predictive controller design for a jacket tubular reactor with
a simple reversible exothermic reaction (A⇌ B). Using energy and mass balance laws, four …

Maximum-likelihood estimation of kinetic parameters via the extent-based incremental approach

D Rodrigues, J Billeter, D Bonvin - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
For lumped homogeneous reaction systems, this paper presents a kinetic model
identification scheme that provides maximum-likelihood parameter estimates and …

Concept of Variants and Invariants for Reaction Systems, with Application to Estimation, Control and Optimization

M Rodrigues, D Filipe - 2018 - infoscience.epfl.ch
The concept of reaction variants and invariants for lumped reaction systems has been
known for several decades. Its applications encompass model identification, data …

Predictive Control, Estimation and Sensor Placement of Large-Scale Transport-Reaction Systems

L Zhang - 2023 - era.library.ualberta.ca
Advanced process control and monitoring rely on the accurate description of complex
processes and their dynamic behaviors. Typically, numerous industrial processes are …