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Spring 2015
In many industrial processes, critical variables cannot be easily measured on-line: they are either obtained from hardware analyzers which are often expensive and difficult to maintain, or carried out off-line through laboratory analysis which cannot be used in real time control. These...
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Spring 2014
Energy and utilities costs often represent one of the largest operating costs at manufacturing plants and they are areas where companies can reduce cost if optimal operating strategy is applied for efficient steam distribution and electricity generation. In addition to the financial incentive,...
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Fall 2010
In the present work, we focused our attention on triacylglycerols. Their phase behavior strongly influences production processes of products based on fats and oils. However, the mechanisms controlling such behavior are not well understood. Hence, we decided to utilize computer simulation to gain...