Chemical Engineering Aspect of Separation Processes

Engineering of Membrane Gas Separation Processes: State of The Art and Prospects

Membrane processes are today one of the key technologies for industrial gas separations and show growing interest for future use in sustainable production systems. Besides materials development, dedicated engineering methods are of major importance for the rigorous and most efficient design of membrane units and systems. Starting from approaches based on simplified hypotheses developed in the 5...

Development of a Systems Engineering Model for Chemical Separation Process

Ion exchange membranes and separation processes with chemical reactions

Recent research trends in the development of ion exchange membranes and their use in separation processes with chemical reactions are reviewed. Emphasis in research on the ion exchange membrane is trending toward analysis of micro-structure of the membranes and to development of new functionalized ion exchange membranes in response to industrial requirements. Separation processes with chemical ...

Dynamic Optimisation of Chemical Engineering Processes Using the Bees Algorithm

An improved version of the Bees Algorithm is proposed for solving dynamic optimisation problems. This new formulation of the Bees Algorithm includes new search operators, and a new selection procedure that enhances the survival probability of newly formed individuals. The proposed algorithm is tested on six benchmark dynamic optimisation problems. The benchmark problems include minimisation and...

Dynamic Optimization of Chemical Engineering Processes by Evolutionary Method

An evolutionary method is proposed for the constrained optimization of chemical engineering processes. Apart from the classical mutation, crossover and creep (small mutation), it makes use of several novel reproductive operators: shift, smoothing, extrapolation and swapping. An adaptive mutation rate is used to guard against stalling at local peaks. The method was able to solve dynamic optimiza...