by admin | Jun 12, 2020 | Research Topics
Process Synthesis and design are both an essential part of process development, which aim toward the generation of feasible flowsheet variants and their optimization with respect to specific objectives. These objectives are mostly related to economics, but also take...
by admin | Jun 12, 2020 | Research Topics
Research in the formulation, solution and analysis of mathematical programs has grown tremendously over the last 25 years. In 1980, optimization on engineering problems beyond linear programming were often viewed as a curious novelty without much benefit. Now,...
by admin | Jun 12, 2020 | Research Topics
Process Intensification (PI) aims to drastically reduce energy consumption and processing cost of chemical processes by utilizing the synergy between multifunctional phenomena at different times, spatial scales, by enhacing mass, heat and momentum transfer rates....
by admin | Jun 12, 2020 | Research Topics
In an effort to reduce CO2 emmision, transport has become the most resilient sector due to its strong dependence on fossil energy sources. Oil, being the main energy source for transport, supplies 95% of the sector´s energy consumption and it is expected to reach...
by admin | Jun 13, 2020 | Research Topics
The production of bio-based chemicals is not new. Current global bio-based chemicals are estimated to be around 50 million tons. From a technical point of view, almost all industrial materials made from fossil resources can be substituted by their bio-based...
by admin | Jun 13, 2020 | Research Topics
Inherent is that which is intrinsic to something. In order to achieve an inherently safer, healthier and environmentally friendlier (ISHE) plant, the ¨best¨ chemical process route must be selected; that which is inherently less hazardous and less harmful to our health...
