Presenter: Radoslav Paulen (Associate professor at Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava)

 

Membrane separation represents a promisingly developing down-stream processing technology in chemical and biochemical industry. It comes with a promise of reduced energy requirements and better separation cut-offs compared to traditional separation technologies. Yet not much attention has been given to the optimization of membrane process operation. Our lecture will discuss existing industrial approaches to control batch membrane systems. Optimal control theory and a mathematical model of the process can be used to improve the existing control strategies. The uncertainty of the process model in real-time operation will be addressed using an interval parameter estimation technique. Simulations and experimental case studies will demonstrate the advantages of the proposed approach.