Optimizing safety-constrained solvent selection for process systems with economic uncertainties

Optimal Design of a Postcombustion CO2 Capture Pilot-Scale Plant under Process Uncertainty: A Ranking-Based Approach

“…In a practical context, uncertainty is almost inherent in every process. Hence, efforts to account for uncertainty at the design stage have been suggested and studied in the field of process systems engineering, − as opposed to steady-state process optimization (without consideration of process uncertainty). , In the context of CO 2 -capture plants, several studies have investigated the effects of uncertainty in the prices of key economic parameters (e.g., fuel, electricity, CO 2 ) on the optimal planning of power generation plants coupled with CO 2 capture when considering different technologies or timing of investments. − Nonetheless, those studies targeted higher-level decisions of planning, investment, and technology selection with financial and risk uncertainties, rather than the effects of process-level uncertainties on the process operation and equipment design. To the authors’ knowledge, no study in the literature has investigated the latter case.…”

Disaster-Resilient Design of Manufacturing Facilities Through Process Integration: Principal Strategies, Perspectives, and Research Challenges

“…Figure 8 is a schematic representation of the flexibility concept. Important research contributions have been made in the assessment of and design for flexibility and design under uncertainty (e.g., Grossmann and Morari, 1983;Swaney and Grossmann, 1985;Pistikopoulos and Grossmann, 1989;Zhu and El-Halwagi, 1995;El-Halwagi et al, 2013;Kazantzi et al, 2013;Kazi et al, 2015Kazi et al, , 2018Tovar-Facio et al, 2017;Mukherjee and El-Halwagi, 2018;Ortiz-Espinoza et al, 2019;Mukherjee et al, 2020). These contributions can constitute a strong basis for the flexibility approaches needed for resilient design to systematically include the objectives of enhancing the absorptive capacity and adaptability of the process in response to extreme events such as disasters and surges in demands following pandemics while reconciling these aspects with the technical, economic, environmental, and safety objective of the process.…”

A robust optimization generic model for forest biorefineries design considering uncertainties on biomass growth and product selling prices.

“…The framework was applied to a case study of electricity generation from biomass in Ghana. El-Halwagi et al (2013) proposed a framework for hydrogen from biomass design that optimizes for both economic and safety criteria, namely total annual cost and a cumulative risk index. Gonela et al (2015) proposed a stochastic MILP for the design of 2 nd generation bioethanol supply chains that accounts for the existing 1 st generation infrastructure.…”