23rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering

On the integration of model identification and process optimization

Sebastian Recker, Nimet Kerimoglu, Andreas Harwardt, Olga Tkacheva and Wolfgang Marquardt,    Aachener Verfahrenstechnik, RWTHAachen University, 52056Aachen, Germany

Abstract

Reliable models for rate-based phenomena are the backbone of model-based process design. These models are often unknown in the early design phase and need to be determined from laboratory experiments. Although model-based experimental analysis and process design are often executed sequentially, the kinetic models might not be suitable to reliably design a process. In this paper, we address this problem and present a first step on the integration of model identification and process optimization. Rather than ...