Preliminary Program subject to change
10B01 Monitoring and Control of Polymer Processes
OverviewThis session will provide a forum for the discussion of the challenges facing academic researchers and industrial practitioners in the field of monitoring and control of polymerization processes. Speakers will discuss the underlying driving forces that characterize these class of process control problems and will describe the design and implementation of state-of-the-art monitoring and control strategies for several representative polymerization processes. Speakers will also discuss the use of process models to gain insights into the design of appropriate control strategies for polymer processes.
Primary SponsorSystems and Process Control (10b)

Chair

John R. Richards
Senior Research Associate
DuPont Engineering Research Technology
DuPont Company
P.O. Box 80249
Experimental Station
Wilmington, DE 19880-0249
Phone Number: (302) 695-4059
Fax Number: (302) 695-8805
Email: John.R.Richards@usa.dupont.com

CoChair

John P. Congalidis
Senior Research Planning Associate
Central Research & Development
DuPont Company
P.O. Box 80304
Experimental Station
Wilmington, DE 19880-0304
Phone Number: (302) 695-6897
Fax Number: (302) 695-2504
Email: John.P.Congalidis@usa.dupont.com
On Control of Reactive Extrusion Processes
Swapnil C. Garge1, Mark D. Wetzel2 and Babatunde A. Ogunnaike1, (1)Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 150 Academy St, Newark, DE 19716, (2)Experimental Station, E323/227, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Inc., Wilmington, DE 19880
Robust Estimation of Measurable Spectroscopic Indices in a High-Temperature Polymerization Reactor: a Real-Time Study
Felix S. Rantow1, Masoud Soroush1 and Michael C. Grady2, (1)Chemical and Biological Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104, (2)DuPont Marshall Lab, 3401 Grays Ferry Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19146
Modelling of Entire Molecular Weight Distribution for Free-Radical Semi-Batch Solution Polymerisation
Bruno Amaro, Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, Charles D. Immanuel, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom, Efstratios N. Pistikopoulos, Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington campus, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom and Klaus-Dieter Hungenberg, Polymer Process Development and Modeling, BASF, BASF Aktiengesellschaft, GKE/M - B001, D-67056, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Dynamic Modeling and Optimization of the Bivariate Molecular Weight - Long Chain Branching Distributions in Highly Branched Polymerization Systems Using Monte Carlo and Sectional Grid Methods
Dimitris Meimaroglou1, Apostolos Krallis1 and Costas Kiparissides2, (1)Aristotle University of Thessaloniki & Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute, P.O. Box 472, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece, (2)Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki & Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute, P.O. Box 472, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece
Time Optimal Control of Molecular Weight Distribution Using Orthogonal Collocation on Finite Elements and Fixed Pivot Methods
Apostolos Krallis1, Dimitris Meimaroglou1, Vassilis Saliakas1, Christos Chatzidoukas1 and Costas Kiparissides2, (1)Aristotle University of Thessaloniki & Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute, P.O. Box 472, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece, (2)Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki & Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute, P.O. Box 472, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece
Batch Polymerisation State and Parameter Estimation – a Bayesian Adaptive Ekf
Zhen Lu, Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, University of Newcastle, Claremont Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Elaine Martin, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, University of Newcastle upon Tyne., Merz Court. University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom and Julian Morris, Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials, University of Newcastle upon Tyne., Merz Court. University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, United Kingdom

Computing and Systems Technology Division