Chemical Engineering

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.

Calculus I-II and III

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 lecture notes

Attendance at the course is not mandatory, but strongly recommended

Written test and evaluation of a project

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

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

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.

Calculus I-II and III

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 lecture notes

Attendance at the course is not mandatory, but strongly recommended

Written test and evaluation of a project

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

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