THEORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF PROCESS DESIGN

Course objectives

1) analytical and numerical approaches for the characterization of dynamical behaviour of chemical engineering systems, with and without controls. 2) identification of the possible cohexistence of multiple steady states, limit cycles and attractors 3) Identification of model parameters controlling the asymptotic behaviour of chemical engineering systems and construction of bifurcation diagramsStudents should be able to apply analytical and numerical techniques for characterizing the dynamical behaviour of chemical engineering systems and for constructing bifurcation diagrams for dynamical systems operating with and without automatic controls.

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ALESSANDRA ADROVER Lecturers' profile

Program - Frequency - Exams

Course program
1.CHEMICAL PROCESS MODELING Characterization and classification of mathematical models for chemical processes. Process models in the presence of controls. Parameters and uncertainty. 2.NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF CHEMICAL PROCESSES: Algorithms for integration of concentrated parameter systems. Algorithms for stiff problems. Algorithms for distributed parameter systems. Application to transient analysis of chemical reactor and process units.. 3. NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS Continuous and discrete systems. Transient behaviour and asymptotic regimes. Floquet multipliers and Liapunov exponents. Numerical methods for identification of limit cycles and attractors. 4. BIFURCATION THEORY 5. APPLICATION TO CHEMICAL PROCESSES Phase diagrams for chemical reactor operating with and without automatic controls. Multistability and basin of attraction.
Prerequisites
Calculus I-II and III
Books
Stephen Wiggins : " Introduction to applied nonlinear dynamical systems and Chaos " ,II edition , Springer Verlag 2003 Steven Strogatz : "Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos with applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Engineering", Perseus Books Publishing L.L.C 1994 Teacher's handouts
Frequency
Attendance at the course is not mandatory, but strongly recommended
Exam mode
Written test and evaluation of a project
Bibliography
Stephen Wiggins : " Introduction to applied nonlinear dynamical systems and Chaos " ,II edition , Springer Verlag 2003 Steven Strogatz : "Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos with applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Engineering", Perseus Books Publishing L.L.C 1994 Dispense preparate dal docente
Lesson mode
The professor conducts the course entirely in Blackboard, conducting several exercises some of which are aimed at using Matlab and Comsol to solve problems of interest to the process industry
  • Lesson code10589613
  • Academic year2024/2025
  • CourseChemical Engineering
  • CurriculumChemical Engineering for innovative processes and products - in lingua inglese
  • Year1st year
  • Semester2nd semester
  • SSDING-IND/26
  • CFU9
  • Subject areaIngegneria chimica