Agenda

Hosted by
McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering
The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712

February 22 - 23, 2016
Peter O'Donnell Building (POB) - Room 2.402

Attendee List

Monday, February 22, 2016

1:30 PM	Introduction/Agenda Overview	M. Baldea, UT
1:35 PM	PI Overviews	T. Edgar (UT) M. Baldea (UT) J. Rawlings (UW) V. Zavala (UW)
2:45 PM	Break
2:55 PM	Regulatory Control of Amine Scrubbing for CO2 Capture	M. Walters (UT)
3:10 PM	MPC Plant-model Mismatch Estimation under Constraints	J. Simkoff (UT)
3:30 PM	The Next Generation Model Predictive Controller	Jim Riggs (Texas Tech-ret) and Charlie Cutler (Cutler-Tech)
4:15 PM	Optimal Sensor and Actuator Placement for SMR Furnaces	A. Kumar (UT)
4:35 PM	Break
4:45	Poster Session
6:00	Adjourn
6:30	Dinner – County Line on the Lake—5204 F.M. 2222

Poster Session

Student	Poster Title
V. Duribe (UT)	Capacitance Resistance Modeling of Thermal Oil Flooding
A. Kumar (UT)	Optimal Sensor and Actuator Placement of Steam-Methane Reformers
R. Pattison (UT) C. Touretzky (UT)	Moving Horizon Rescheduling of Energy Intensive Processes
K. Perez (UT)	Reduced-order Modeling of Residential Energy from Hourly Smart Meter Data
M. Donahue (UT) B. Roach (UT)	Control of Dividing Wall Columns
M. Walters (UT)	Dynamic Modeling and Validation of Amine Scrubbing
H. Ganesh (UT)	Modeling and Model Predictive Control of an Austenitization Furnace
R. Wang (UT)	Fault Detection for Large-scale Systems (Flaring Case)
S. Wang (UT) J. Simkoff (UT)	MPC Plant-model Mismatch Estimation
S. Xu (UT)	Operator Console Display Design Evaluation Based on Clutter Analysis and Visual Saliency
A. Ondeck (UT)	Simultaneous Optimization of Design and Operation Strategies for Energy Systems
C. James (UT)	Optimization and Control of Water Resources on U.S. Military Bases
N. Patel (UW)	Design and Application of Distributed Economic Model Predictive Control for Large-Scale Building Temperature Regulation

 

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

8:00 AM	Meeting with PI’s and Sponsors – Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM	Operator Console Display Design Evaluation Based on Clutter Analysis and Visual Saliency	S. Xu (UT)
9:30 AM	Bridging the Scheduling and Control Process Decisions in Fast Changing Markets using Low-Order Dynamic Models	R. Pattison (UT)
10:00 AM	Break
10:15 AM	Process Systems Modeling at P&G	Ben Weinstein, Procter & Gamble
11:00 AM	Algorithms for Multi-Stakeholder Decision-Making and Conflict Resolution	A. Dowling (UW)
11:25 AM	Modeling and Control of a Divided Wall Distillation Column	M. Donahue (UT) B. Roach (UT)
11:50 AM	Lunch: O's Dining Room - POB 2.222
12:50 PM	Introduction to Organized Electricity Markets	Ross Baldick (UT)
1: 50 PM	Break
2:00 PM	Simultaneous Optimization of Design and Operation Strategies for Energy Systems	A. Ondeck (UT)
2:20 PM	Modeling and Model Predictive Control of an Austenitization Furnace	H. Ganesh (UT)
2:40 PM	Optimization and Control of Water Resources on U.S. Military Bases	C. James (UT)
3:00 PM	Fault Detection-based Rescheduling Triggers	C. Touretzky (UT)
3:20 PM	Break
3:30 PM	Flexible Residential Energy: Making the case for Home Energy Management	K. Perez (UT)
3:50 PM	Design and Application of Distributed Economic Model Predictive Control for Large-Scale Building Temperature Regulation	N. Patel (UW)
4:10 PM	Capacitance Resistance Modeling of Thermal Oil Flooding	V. Duribe (UT)
4:30 PM	Closing Remarks	M. Baldea (UT)