Despite increasing incentives, the practice of separating process design and control tasks
remains prevalent. Current integrated approaches, when coupled with controller design …

It is widely recognized that a hands-on laboratory experience is useful in control engineering
education. Herein, the students overcome the main gaps between theoretical knowledge …

In recent years, energy consumption has notably been increasing. This poses a challenge to
the power grid operators due to the management and control of the energy supply and …

Petroleum subproducts are obtained in a crude oil distillation plant. Here, due to the
chemical properties of the crude oil, a series of complex reactions occurs, and …

The risk of blowout accidents is threatening the safety of deepwater oil and gas activities.
Fortunately, response techniques can be applied to mitigate the consequences of blowout …

This paper outlines a comprehensive analysis of the optimal design and simulation of a
crude oil distillation system within a refinery process, including pre-treatment and blending …

The perforation failure occurs frequently in the pipeline system of the atmospheric distillation
tower. In this paper, the methods of technological process and computational fluid dynamic …

Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is an important part of petrochemical production, so its safety
analysis is significant for smooth operation of the whole refinery. A novel DYN-SIL method …

The changes in the characteristics of the crude oil feed to an atmospheric distillation unit can
influence the quality of the products. Also, the crude flow rate disturbances should be …

Considering that two-thirds of world oil production receive a treatment after extraction to
remove water and salt contents, one of the most important processes to avoid operational …