Batch Processing Systems Engineering

Plenary Papers.- Current Status and Challenges of Batch Process Systems Engineering.- Future Directions for Research and Development in Batch Process Systems Engineering.- Status of Batch Processing Systems Engineering in the World.- Role of Batch Processing in the Chemical Process Industry.- Present Status of Batch Process Systems Engineering in Japan.- Batch Processing Systems Engineering in Hungary.- Design of Batch Processes.- Design of Batch Processes.- Predesigning a Multiproduct Batch Plant by Mathematical Programming.- The Influence of Resource Constraints on the Retrofit Design of Multipurpose Batch Chemical Plants.- Design of Operation Policies for Batch Distillation.- Sorption Processes.- Control of Batch Processes.- Monitoring Batch Processes.- Tendency Models for Estimation, Optimization and Control of Batch Processes.- Control Strategies for a Combined Batch Reactor / Batch Distillation Process.- A Perspective on Estimation and Prediction for Batch Reactors.- A Comparative Study of Neural Networks and Nonlinear Time Series Techniques for Dynamic Modeling of Chemical Processes.- Enabling Sciences: Simulation Techniques.- Systems of Differential-Algebraic Equations.- Features of Discrete Event Simulation.- Simulation Software for Batch Process Engineering.- The Role of Parallel and Distributed Computing Methods in Process Systems Engineering.- Enabling Sciences: Mathematical Programming.- Optimization.- Mixed-Integer Optimization Techniques for the Design and Scheduling of Batch Processes.- Recent Developments in the Evaluation and Optimization of Flexible Chemical Processes.- Enabling Sciences: Knowledge Based Systems.- Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Batch Process Systems Engineering.- Elements of Knowledge Based Systems - Representation and Inference.- Selected Topics in Artificial Intelligence for Planning and Scheduling Problems, Knowledge Acquisition, and Machine Learning.- Integrating Unsupervised and Supervised Learning in NeuralNetworks