Chemical Process Design

Design Research in the area of process design focuses on the development of a systematic methodology for the synthesis of "mass exchange networks." Mass exchange operations such as distillation, absorption, adsorption, desorption, ion exchange abound in the chemical process industries; therefore, establishing optimal ways to design networks comprised of such operations is of paramount importance. Also explored is systematic waste minimization methodologies through process synthesis concepts.

Often times the structure of the problem is not only as important as the solution, but ofter determines the solution. This is especially true in process optimization problems, where the "best" solution is merely the best of those contained withing the problem superstructure. Research involves developing optimization strategies utilizing the state-state approach to process/system representation, which allows the construction of the complete process/system superstructure. Specifically, The group is looking at energy integrated, multicomponent distillation; and water recovery in space.

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