{"title":"Enhancing profitability in p-xylene production via toluene methylation","authors":"Subin Jung, Yuchan Ahn","doi":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108951","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108951","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To address the growing industrial demand for para-xylene (PX), this study explores an alternative approach by employing toluene methylation (TM) to convert low-cost methanol into high-value PX. This study investigates the direct benefits of integrating TM with PX production. This study quantitatively evaluated the economic benefits of PX production and the investment costs of adding the TM process, considering the lack of toluene saleability. The process flow with a purity of 99.7% was simulated using Aspen Plus; the Aspen Energy Analyzer was used for heat integration (HI). The standalone PAREX process, PAREX integrated with TM, and PAREX with TM and HI showed levelized costs of 2,380, 2,341, and 2,325 USD/ton-PX, respectively. Furthermore, sensitivity analysis confirmed the price of the feed material (mixed xylene) to be the main factor influencing the process cost. This approach offers a promising pathway to enhance PX production capacity efficiently.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":286,"journal":{"name":"Computers & Chemical Engineering","volume":"194 ","pages":"Article 108951"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143136629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gas dispersion modeling in stereoscopic space with obstacles using a novel spatiotemporal prediction network","authors":"Shikuan Chen, Wenli Du, Xinjie Wang, Bing Wang, Chenxi Cao, Xin Peng","doi":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108934","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108934","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Gas leakage can lead to catastrophic consequences on both the environment and human health. To mitigate these losses, it is imperative to develop accurate and efficient spatiotemporal models for gas dispersion. The gas diffusion process occurs in a 3-dimensional (3D) space, but most research has been confined to flat-plane scenarios, neglecting the stereoscopic distribution of gas concentrations. To address this issue, we propose a novel method that combines 3D convolution with a long short-term memory neural network (3DConvLSTM) to forecast the 3D spatiotemporal concentration distribution of gas leakage in obstructed scenes. The 3D convolutional filters fully operate in the spatial domain, capturing spatial features horizontally and vertically. To provide data for the experiment, ethane leak scenarios with different sources, rates and wind directions are simulated by computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The results demonstrate that the 3DConvLSTM exhibits higher accuracy and requires fewer parameters, highlighting the effectiveness of the proposed method.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":286,"journal":{"name":"Computers & Chemical Engineering","volume":"194 ","pages":"Article 108934"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142756623","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Linear and neural network models for predicting N-glycosylation in Chinese Hamster Ovary cells based on B4GALT levels","authors":"Pedro Seber, Richard D. Braatz","doi":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108937","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108937","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Glycosylation is an essential modification to proteins that has positive effects, such as improving the half-life of antibodies, and negative effects, such as promoting cancers. Despite the importance of glycosylation, data-driven models to predict quantitative N-glycan distributions have been lacking. This article constructs linear and neural network models to predict the distribution of glycans on N-glycosylation sites. The models are trained on data containing normalized B4GALT1–B4GALT4 levels in Chinese Hamster Ovary cells. The ANN models achieve a median prediction error of 1.59% on an independent test set, an error 9-fold smaller than for previously published models using the same data, and a narrow error distribution. We also discuss issues with other models in the literature and the advantages of this work’s model over other data-driven models. We openly provide all of the software used, allowing other researchers to reproduce the work and reuse or improve the code in future endeavors.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":286,"journal":{"name":"Computers & Chemical Engineering","volume":"194 ","pages":"Article 108937"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142747133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Designing a sustainable-resilient vaccine cold chain network in uncertain environments","authors":"Yanju Chen , Mengxuan Chen , Tianran Hu","doi":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108936","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108936","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In recent years, outbreaks of diseases have been prevalent, significantly impacting human’s work, life and social economy. Vaccination is widely seen as the most promising way to fight against most of the epidemics. However, building a sustainable-resilient vaccine cold chain network is a complex planning problem, which may face various challenges, such as low-temperature transportation and storage, uncertain environments, and waste management. To address these challenges, a distributionally robust vaccine cold chain network design model is established. Using Wasserstein ambiguity set to manage uncertainties, the Wasserstein distributionally robust optimization (WDRO) model can be transformed into a computationally tractable form. A case study on influenza vaccines in Clalit reveals that the proposed WDRO model can yield a robust solution, incurring a small robust price. Conservative decision makers can choose a slightly larger Wasserstein ambiguity set to enhance the supply chain resilience at the cost of reducing economic and environmental benefits.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":286,"journal":{"name":"Computers & Chemical Engineering","volume":"194 ","pages":"Article 108936"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142747134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ali Ghodba , Anne Richelle , Chris McCready , Luis Ricardez-Sandoval , Hector Budman
{"title":"A robust batch-to-batch optimization framework for pharmaceutical applications","authors":"Ali Ghodba , Anne Richelle , Chris McCready , Luis Ricardez-Sandoval , Hector Budman","doi":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108935","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108935","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The study proposes a robust algorithm for batch-to-batch optimization in the presence of model-mismatch. Robustness is achieved by the implementation of the following features: i — the gradient correction step is modified to consider the gradients of the cost function and constraints at both final and intermediate points, ii — Economic Model Predictive Control is applied to mitigate the impact of unmeasured disturbances on the optimum, and iii — an optimal design of experiments is performed to expedite convergence. Significant improvements of the proposed algorithm in convergence to the process optimum and robustness to noise, unmeasured disturbances, and model error are demonstrated using a fed-batch fermentation for penicillin production.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":286,"journal":{"name":"Computers & Chemical Engineering","volume":"193 ","pages":"Article 108935"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142743282","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Real-time update of data-driven reduced and full order models with applications","authors":"Om Prakash, Biao Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108923","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108923","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We consider a dynamic mode decomposition (DMD) based technique to identify data-driven reduced-order and full-order models and propose two approaches to update them in real-time. These updates are crucial for the models to adapt to the evolving process. The proposed approaches function by calculating the update of the singular value decomposition (SVD), which is the core operation in DMD. In particular, two approaches involving temporal updates and additive modifications are used to update the SVDs. Further, the equivalence of both approaches is proved under special rank conditions. Also, the computational costs involved in these approaches are discussed. The technique is well suited for adaptive process modeling that can be exploited for real-time process monitoring, estimation, control, and optimization. The efficacy of the proposed approach is demonstrated using a large-scale benchmark wastewater treatment process.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":286,"journal":{"name":"Computers & Chemical Engineering","volume":"194 ","pages":"Article 108923"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142747136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yan Xu , Qun-Xiong Zhu , Wei Ke , Yan-Lin He , Ming-Qing Zhang , Yuan Xu
{"title":"Virtual sample generation for soft-sensing in small sample scenarios using glow-embedded variational autoencoder","authors":"Yan Xu , Qun-Xiong Zhu , Wei Ke , Yan-Lin He , Ming-Qing Zhang , Yuan Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108925","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108925","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In industrial processes, limitations of the physical environment, sensors drop-out, and repetitive sampling often lead to insufficient and unevenly distributed representative instances, which greatly hinders the accuracy of soft-sensing models. This paper presents a novel virtual sample generation method based on Glow-embedded variational autoencoder (GVAE-VSG), aimed at enhancing data richness and diversity to improve the modeling performance. Specifically, GVAE-VSG embeds the Glow model from flow transformations into the variational autoencoder. This allows for the derivation of a more generalized posterior distribution without reducing sample dimensionality, thereby ensuring the generation of higher-quality virtual input samples. Subsequently, a nonlinear iterative partial least squares regression framework, incorporating a sparse constrained error matrix, is employed to generate virtual output samples that more closely resemble actual data. Finally, by a synthetic nonlinear function and an actual purification terephthalic acid (PTA) solvent system, the generative and modeling performance of the proposed method are comprehensively assessed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":286,"journal":{"name":"Computers & Chemical Engineering","volume":"193 ","pages":"Article 108925"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142743283","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Abdallah El Hadj , A. Ait Yahia , K. Hamza , M. Laidi , S. Hanini
{"title":"Modeling of hydrogen liquefaction process parameters using advanced artificial intelligence technique","authors":"A. Abdallah El Hadj , A. Ait Yahia , K. Hamza , M. Laidi , S. Hanini","doi":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108950","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108950","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The main subject of this work is the application of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to accurately predict the parameters of the hydrogen liquefaction process. This study employs a comparative analysis of the most reliable AI techniques: Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference Systems (ANFIS), support vector machines (SVM), perturbed chain statistical associated fluid theory (PCSAFT) equation of state and Hybrid technique based on the combination of ANN model and perturbed chain statistical associated fluid theory (AI-PCSAFT). The training and validation strategy focuses on using a validation agreement vector, determined through linear regression analysis of the predicted versus reference outputs, as an indication of the predictive ability of the studied models. A dataset collected from scientific papers containing hydrogen liquefaction process data was utilized in the modeling process. The modeling strategy is performed using the temperature (T), pressure (P), and mass flow rate (m) as input parameters and the stream energy (E) as output parameters.</div><div>The results show high predictability of the optimized ANFIS model followed by AI-PACSAFT model compared to ANN, SVM models and PCSAFT equation of state with coefficient of correlation (R) and absolute relative deviation (AARD) equal to 0.9988 and 0.98% respectively.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":286,"journal":{"name":"Computers & Chemical Engineering","volume":"194 ","pages":"Article 108950"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143136632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ethan M. Sunshine , Giovanna Bucci , Tanusree Chatterjee , Shyam Deo , Victoria M. Ehlinger , Wenqin Li , Thomas Moore , Corey Myers , Wenyu Sun , Bo-Xun Wang , Mengyao Yuan , John R. Kitchin , Carl D. Laird , Matthew J. McNenly , Sneha A. Akhade
{"title":"Multiscale optimization of formic acid dehydrogenation process via linear model decision tree surrogates","authors":"Ethan M. Sunshine , Giovanna Bucci , Tanusree Chatterjee , Shyam Deo , Victoria M. Ehlinger , Wenqin Li , Thomas Moore , Corey Myers , Wenyu Sun , Bo-Xun Wang , Mengyao Yuan , John R. Kitchin , Carl D. Laird , Matthew J. McNenly , Sneha A. Akhade","doi":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108921","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108921","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Multiscale optimization problems require the interconnection of several models of distinct phenomena which occur at different scales in length or time. However, the best model for any particular phenomenon may not be amenable to rigorous optimization techniques. For instance, molecular interactions are often modeled by computational chemistry software packages that cannot be easily converted into optimization constraints. Data-driven surrogate models can overcome this problem. By choosing surrogates with functional forms that are convertible to a mixed-integer linear model, one can connect and optimize these surrogates instead of the underlying models. We demonstrate the interconnection of linear model decision trees to optimize across three scales of a formic acid dehydrogenation process. We show that optimizing across all three scales simultaneously leads to a 40% cost savings compared to optimizing each model independently. Furthermore, the surrogates retain some relevant physical behaviors and provide insights into the optimal design of this process.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":286,"journal":{"name":"Computers & Chemical Engineering","volume":"194 ","pages":"Article 108921"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142747138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Misagh Rahbari, Alireza Arshadi Khamseh, Mohammad Mohammadi
{"title":"A multi-objective robust scenario-based stochastic chance constrained programming model for sustainable closed-loop agri-food supply chain","authors":"Misagh Rahbari, Alireza Arshadi Khamseh, Mohammad Mohammadi","doi":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108914","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.compchemeng.2024.108914","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The agri-food supply chain management plays a crucial role in ensuring the interests of supply chain components and food security in society. Additionally, due to the nature of agri-food products, sustainability dimensions have always been of concern to organizations engaged in this field. The importance of the timely and quality provision of agri-food products has doubled after the global crisis. Therefore, this study focuses on optimizing and analyzing the sustainable multi-objective closed-loop supply chain network for agri-food products, with a case study on the canned food under uncertainty. Strategic and operational decisions and other features are considered to achieve more accurate results. To address the various dimensions of sustainability, the problem is considered as a four-objective one, aiming to maximize the use of available production throughput for factories, maximize job opportunities created, minimize supply chain costs, and ultimately minimize unmet demands. The carbon cap and trade mechanism is used to control greenhouse gas emissions in the supply chain network. A robust scenario-based stochastic chance constrained programming approach is employed to deal with the uncertainty, and also validation is performed using various criteria. Moreover, an augmented ε-constraint optimization approach is used to solve the multi-objective problem and achieve Pareto optimal solutions. Finally, sensitivity analysis is employed to prepare for potential changes in some problem parameters.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":286,"journal":{"name":"Computers & Chemical Engineering","volume":"194 ","pages":"Article 108914"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142747135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}