Dynamic optimization of batch processes.

• Main Author: Lim, Wee Kiat.
• Other Authors: Vinay Kumar Kariwala
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Chemical engineering::Processes and operations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/39791
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Batch processes are common in the pharmaceuticals, specialty and fine chemicals industries. Unlike continuous processes, batch processes are dynamic in nature. Therefore, they are often not operated with the control variables at fixed setpoints. Instead, control trajectories that vary with time are...