Optimal modelling and experimentation for the improved sustainability of microfluidic chemical technology design

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 798-808

  Zimmerman, W B ^a   Rees, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical microreactors; Experimental design; Inverse methods; Microfluidics; Modelling

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRAIC CONSTRAINTS; CHEMICAL MICROREACTORS; CHEMICAL PROCESS; CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES; DATA ASSIMILATION; DESIGN STAGE; DESIGN TECHNIQUE; DIFFERENTIAL ALGEBRAIC MODELS; DYNAMICS AND CONTROL; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT; HIGH-DIMENSIONAL; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; INVERSE METHODS; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICRO-FLUIDIC SENSORS; MODELLING; MULTI-PHYSICS; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; ONLINE MONITORING; OPTIMUM PLACEMENT; PARAMETRIC SENSITIVITY; PLANT OPERATIONS; PROCESS SYSTEM; SEMIEMPIRICAL MODELS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL MODELS;

ALGEBRA; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL PLANTS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DATA PROCESSING; DESIGN; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MICROFLUIDICS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; SENSORS; STATISTICS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 65649141580     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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