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Process Synthesis

  • 1st Edition, Volume 23 - April 17, 1996
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Morton M. Denn, James Wei, John L. Anderson, Kenneth B. Bischoff, George Stephanopoulos, John H. Seinfeld
  • Language: English

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Description

Volume 23 of Advances in Chemical Engineering covers the active field of process synthesis. There are currently three prevelant approaches to complex process synthesis strategies: heuristics-based selection, geometric representation, and optimization methods. This volume addresses a variety of these synthesis strategies for process subsystems, representing only a sample of the state-of-the-art of process synthesis research. The five papers in this volume address quite different process subsystems and application areas but still combine basic concepts related to a systematic approach. All five of the papers develop successful synthesis methods for their respective cutting-edge applications. As a group, the papers serve to highlight many unresolved issues in process synthesis and also provide guidelines for future research.

Key features

  • Considers current approaches to process synthesis problems
  • Examines areas of possible future research
  • Articles written by leading experts in the field

Readership

Academic and industrial researchers in chemical engineering

Table of contents

J.J. Siirola, Industrial Applications of Chemical Process Synthesis. A.W. Westerberg and O. Wahnschafft, The Synthesis of Distillation-Based Separation Systems. I.E. Grossmann, Mixed-Integer Optimization Techniques for Algorithmic Process Synthesis. S. Balakrishna and L.T. Biegler, Chemical Reactor Network Targeting and Integration: An Optimization Approach. S. Walsh and J. Perkins, Operability and Control in Process Synthesis and Design. Chapter References. Subject Index. Contents of Volumes in This Series.

Review quotes

"By scanning the progression of topics from the earliest volumes to the present one, it is possible to gain a perspective on the growth and evolution of chemical engineering from artful practice to rigorous science. During these past two decades the field has become one of the premier applied sciences by virtue of its vigor and scope. The contents of this latest volume provide strong evidence for this evolution...The scope of this volume is impressive...It is a scope that is reflective of the current state of chemical engineering science."—JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CHEMISTRY SOCIETY

"A great deal of care has gone into the preparation of the contributions, and these prove to be both readable and informative...I strongly commendthis book to all involved in teaching or research in chemical engineering."—CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 23
  • Published: April 17, 1996
  • Language: English

About the editors

MD

Morton M. Denn

Affiliations and expertise
University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

JW

James Wei

Affiliations and expertise
Princeton University, New Jersey, U.S.A.

JA

John L. Anderson

Affiliations and expertise
Carnegie Mellon University

KB

Kenneth B. Bischoff

Affiliations and expertise
University of Delaware, Newark, U.S.A.

GS

George Stephanopoulos

Gregory Stephanopoulos is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT. He received his B.S. from the National Technical University of Athens, his M.S. from the University of Florida and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, all in Chemical Engineering. Upon graduation, he joined the Chemical Engineering Faculty of the California Institute of Technology, where he served as Assistant and Associate Professor until 1985. In 1985 he was appointed Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT where he has been ever since.Stephanopoulos' work has appeared in more than 150 publications and 7 patents. He has been recognized with the Dreyfus Foundation Teacher Scholar Award (1982), Excellence in Teaching Award (1984), and Technical Achievement Award of the AIChE (1984). He has been a Presidential Young Investigator and the Chairman of the Food Pharmaceutical & Bioengineering Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (1992). In 1992 he was a Visiting Professor at the International Research Center for Biotechnology at Osaka University and was elected a Founding Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. In 1996 he chaired the first Conference on Metabolic Engineering and gave the inaugural Bayer Lecture on Biochemical Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley. He was honored with the FPBE Division Award at AIChE in 1997.
Affiliations and expertise
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, U.S.A.

JS

John H. Seinfeld

Affiliations and expertise
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, U.S.A.

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