Foundations of computer-aided process design : proceedings of the Third International Conference on Foundations of Computer-Aided Process Design, Snowmass Village, Colorado, July 10-14, 1989

Keynote Address. Toward a theory and methodology of design (M.J. Wozny). Artificial Intelligence. Introduction: Artificial intelligence in design (J.C. Hale). Artificial intelligence and symbolic computing in process engineering design (G. Stephanopoulos). Computer-aided process design and production scheduling with knowledge base (K. Suzuki et al.). Process Synthesis. Introduction: Approaches to chemical process synthesis (D.W.T. Rippin). Synthesis of multistep reaction processes (J.M. Douglas). MINLP Optimization strategies and algorithms for process synthesis (J.E. Grossmann). Systems Analysis Tools. Introduction: Systems analysis tools for chemical process design (H.M. Gehrhardt). Nonlinear analysis in process design (W.D. Seider et al.). Strategies for simultaneous solution and optimization of differential-algebraic systems (L.T. Biegler). Recent developments in methods for finding all solutions to general systems of nonlinear equations (J.D. Seader). Process Design Issues. Introduction: Additional chemical process design issues (H.D. Spriggs). Retrofit process design - research and application of systematic methods (T. Gundersen). Progress and issues in computer-aided batch process design (G.V. Reklaitis). Design Environments. Introduction: Process design environments (E.M. Rosen). A computer-aided process synthesis and analysis environment (H.I. Britt et al.). Integrated process plant design (M.L. Preston). Chemical process modeling and simulation using advanced computational architectures (G.J. McRae). Product Design. Introduction: Product design (J.D. Wright). Designing molecules possessing desired physical property values (K.G. Joback and G. Stephanopoulos). New Challenges. Introduction: New challenges in process design (J.D. Perkins). Robust solution of flowsheeting equation systems (R.E. Swaney and C.E. Wilhelm). Systematic approaches to the synthesis of separation schemes for azeotropic mixtures (J.R. Knight and M.F. Doherty). Simultaneous process synthesis and control: Minimization of disturbance propagation in heat recovery systems (A. Georgiou and C.A. Floudas). Design of multipurpose batch plants with multiple production routes (N.M. Faqir and I.A. Karimi). Process design for polymer production (M.F. Malone and T.F. McKenna). Some issues in polymer processing analysis (A.N. Hrymak and A. Karagiannis). The Future of Design. Introduction: The future of product and process design (J.J. Siirola). A future computer environment for preliminary design (A.W. Westerberg et al.). Process design - what next? (R.W.H. Sargent). Author Index. Subject Index.