Browsing by Author "Hahn, Juergen"
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Almutlaq, Abdulaziz M. (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)The primary objective of this dissertation is to introduce several algebraic procedures to the targeting of material recycle networks. The problem involves the allocation of process streams and fresh sources to process ...
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Janecke, Alex Karl (2012-10-19)When released into the atmosphere, traditional refrigerants contribute to climate change several orders of magnitude more than a corresponding amount of carbon dioxide. For that reason, an increasing amount of interest has ...
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Xiong, Hao (2009-05-15)Despite the immense progress made by molecular biology in cataloging andcharacterizing molecular elements of life and the success in genome sequencing, therehave not been comparable advances in the functional study of ...
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Zhou, Yifeng (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)Process monitoring in the chemical and other process industries has been of great practical importance. Early detection of faults is critical in avoiding product quality deterioration, equipment damage, and personal injury. ...
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Pokoo-Aikins, Grace Amarachukwu (2011-10-21)With the growing interest in converting a wide variety of biomass-based feedstocks to biofuels, there is a need to develop effective procedures for the design and optimization of multi-feedstock biorefineries. The unifying ...
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Chakrabarty, Arnab (Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Dynamic models of a reactive distillation column have been developed and implemented in this work. A model describing the steady state behavior of the system has been built in a first step. The results from this steady ...
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Aluko, Obanifemi (2010-01-16)This work presents a modeling and control study of a reactive distillation column used for hydrogenation of benzene. A steady state and a dynamic model have been developed to investigate control structures for the column. ...
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Efficient Nonlinear Optimization with Rigorous Models for Large Scale Industrial Chemical Processes Zhu, Yu (2011-08-08)Large scale nonlinear programming (NLP) has proven to be an effective framework for obtaining profit gains through optimal process design and operations in chemical engineering. While the classical SQP and Interior Point ...
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Abbott, George H. (2010-07-14)Many important factors affect the spread of childhood infectious disease. To understand better the fundamental drivers of infectious disease spread, several researchers have estimated seasonal transmission coefficients ...
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Chang, Young Joon (2011-08-08)Stability is a critical issue in gain-scheduled control problems in that the closed loop system may not be stable during the transitions between operating conditions despite guarantees that the gain-scheduled controller ...
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Pham, Viet (2009-05-15)The pooling problem is an important optimization problem that is encountered in operation and scheduling of important industrial processes within petroleum refineries. The key objective of pooling is to mix various ...
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Palani, Santhosh (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Obesity is a chronic condition that primarily develops from an increase in body fat in the form of white adipose tissue (WAT) mass. The resulting adiposity is a risk factor for many diseases, including type 2 diabetes ...
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Mohan, Tanya (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Biomass conversion into forms of energy is receiving current attention because of environmental, energy and agricultural concerns. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the environmental, energy, economic, and technological ...
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Lovelady, Eva Marie (2009-05-15)This work is aimed at development of systematic approaches to the design of multiscale systems. Specifically four problems are addressed: environmental impact assessment (EIA) of new and retrofitted industrial processes, ...
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Al-Azri, Nasser Ahmed (2009-05-15)The goal of this work is to develop a conceptual framework and computational tools for the optimization of utility systems in the process industries. The emphasis is devoted to the development of systematic design techniques ...
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Huang, Zuyi; Senocak, Fatih; Jayaraman, Arul; Hahn, Juergen (BMC Systems Biology, 2008)
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Rivas Cardona, Alejandra (2012-02-14)Zeolite nucleation and growth is a complex problem that has been widely investigated but still not completely understood. However, a full understanding of this process is required in order to develop predictive models for ...
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Sun, Chuili (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)Model reduction is motivated by the fact that complex process models may pre- vent the application of model-based process control. While extensive research on model reduction has been done in the past few decades, model ...
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Mou, Jianye (2010-10-12)Success of acid fracturing depends on uneven etching along the fracture surfaces caused by heterogeneities such as variations in local mineralogy and variations in leakoff behavior. The heterogeneities tend to create ...
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Laible, Allyson Marie (2009-05-15)Cellular response to inflammatory cytokines involves concerted changes in gene expression. Cytokines, such as IL-6 and TNF-α, regulate gene expression through multiple intracellular signaling pathways. The activation of ...