Call for Papers
AIChE Annual National Meeting
Miami Beach, FL
November 15-20, 1998.
SESSION ON PROCESS AND PRODUCT DESIGN
This session invites paper submissions reflecting recent advances in
process and product design. Research areas include, but are not limited
to, process design (e.g., pinch analysis applied to heat and mass exchanger
networks, reactive distillation system design, attainable region concepts
applied to reactor design, design for pollution prevention, and life cycle
analysis) and product design (e.g., polymers, solvents, refrigerants,
catalysts, and pharmaceuticals). To date, process and product design tools
have included mixed integer nonlinear programming, global optimization,
interval arithmetic, knowledge-based approach, simulated annealing, genetic
algorithms. This session encourages the introduction of other tools
outside the usual set. It has been the norm to discuss process and product
design in the absence of uncertainties. We would like to encourage
submitters to discuss the impact on, and the incorporation of model
uncertainties in the suggested approaches. All areas are encouraged.
Whenever possible the impact of the new research on industrial practice
should be emphasized.
Abstract Submission Deadline: April 1, 1998
Chair Vice-Chair
Prof. Yinlun Huang Prof. Luke E. K. Achenie
Dept. of Chem. Eng. & Mat. Sci. Dept. of Chem. Eng., U-222
Wayne State University University of Connecticut
Detroit, MI 48202 Storrs, CT 06269
Phone: 313-577-3771 Phone: 860-486-2756
Fax: 313-577-3810 Fax: 860-486-2959
E-mail: yhuang@chem1.eng.wayne.edu E-mail: achenie@eng2.uconn.edu