OptimalOperationofBatchMembraneProcesses

AdvancesinIndustrialControlRadoslav PaulenMiroslav FikarOptimalOperationofBatchMembraneProcessesAdvancesinIndustrialControlSerieseditorsMichaelJ.Grimble,Glasgow,UKMichaelA.Johnson,Kidlington,UKMoreinformationaboutthisseriesat�MiroslavFikarOptimalOperationofBatchMembraneProcesses123RadoslavPaulenDepartmentofBiochemicalandChemicalEngineeringTechnischeUniversitätDortmundDortmundGermanyMiroslavFikarInstituteofInformationEngineering,AutomationandMechanicsSlovakUniversityofTechnologyinBratislavaBratislavaSlovakiaMATLAB®andSimulink®areregisteredtrademarksofTheMathWorks,Inc.,3AppleHillDrive,Natick,MA01760-2098,USA,(electronic)AdvancesinIndustrialControlISBN978-3-319-20474-1ISBN978-3-319-20475-8(eBook)DOI10.1007/978-3-319-20475-8LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2015942552MathematicsSubjectClassification:49J15,34K35,93C15SpringerChamHeidelbergNewYorkDordrechtLondon©SpringerInternationalPublishingSwitzerland2016Thisworkissubjecttocopyright.AllrightsarereservedbythePublisher,whetherthewholeorpartofthematerialisconcerned,specificallytherightsoftranslation,reprinting,reuseofillustrations,recitation,broadcasting,reproductiononmicrofilmsorinanyotherphysicalway,andtransmissionorinformationstorageandretrieval,electronicadaptation,computersoftware,orbysimilarordissimilarmethodologynowknownorhereafterdeveloped.Theuseofgeneraldescriptivenames,registerednames,trademarks,servicemarks,etc.inthispublicationdoesnotimply,evenintheabsenceofaspecificstatement,thatsuchnamesareexemptfromtherelevantprotectivelawsandregulationsandthereforefreeforgeneraluse.Thepublisher,theauthorsandtheeditorsaresafetoassumethattheadviceandinformationinthisbookarebelievedtobetrueandaccurateatthedateofpublication.Neitherthepublishernortheauthorsortheeditorsgiveawarranty,expressorimplied,withrespecttothematerialcontainedhereinorforanyerrorsoromissionsthatmayhavebeenmade.Printedonacid-freepaperSpringerInternationalPublishingAGSwitzerlandispartofSpringerScience+BusinessMedia()SeriesEditors’ForewordTheseriesAdvancesinIndustrialControlaimstoreportandencouragetechnologytransferincontrolengineering.Therapiddevelopmentofcontroltechnologyhasanimpactonallareasofthecontroldiscipline.Newtheory,newcontrollers,actuators,sensors,newindustrialprocesses,computermethods,newapplications,newphilosophies…,newchallenges.Muchofthisdevelopmentworkresidesinindustrialreports,feasibilitystudypapersandthereportsofadvancedcollaborativeprojects.Theseriesoffersanopportunityforresearcherstopresentanextendedexpositionofsuchnewworkinallaspectsofindustrialcontrolforwiderandrapiddissemination.ThisAdvancesinIndustrialControlseriesmonograph,OptimalOperationofBatchMembraneProcessesbyRadoslavPaulenandMiroslavFikaristhefirstmonographinthefieldofmembraneprocessestoappearintheseries.Theuseofmembranetechnologytoseparatedesirablespeciesfromtheundesirableones,ortoremovepollutantsandproduceapurifiedgasorliquidisofcriticalimportanceinsomefieldsofprocesscontrol,biotechnologyandmedicalengineering,justtolistthreeapplicationareas.Manyinthecontrolcommunityarenotfamiliarwithmembranetechnologies,andtheauthorsopenthemonographwithaneducationalchapterofintroductorymaterialonthefield.Oncepasttheintroductorysections,theauthorsdeclarethatthefocusofthemonographwillbeondiafiltrationmembraneproblems.Inasentence,diafiltrationusesmembranetechnologytoseparatetwoormoresolutesfromasolution,therebyincreasingtheconcentrationofadesiredproductanddecreasingtheconcentrationofimpuritiesinthesolution.Theauthorscitesomeinterestingmedicalandfoodindustryapplicationsofthemethod.Bywayofcontrast,someworkersinthechemicalengineeringfieldmaynotbefamiliarwiththeuseofgeneralisedmathematicalmodels,andclassicaloptimalcontroltheorythattheauthorsutiliseintheirreportedstudies.InChap.2,theauthorspresentthemainresultsoftheoptimalcontroltheoryapplied.SincethetechnicalframeworkisoneofnonlinearprocessestheauthorsdevoteChap.3tothevariousanalyticalandnumericalsolutionmethodsforsuchproblems.vThemainchaptersofthemonograph(Chaps.4–7)presentavarietyofscenario-basedstudiesofdiafiltrationmembraneproblems.Chapter8presentsageneralmembranemodelandalsoreportstwoshortindustrialapplicationcasestudies.Achapterofconclusionsandfuturepossibleresearchdirectionsclosesthemonograph.Thisisascholarlymonographpresentationthatwillappealtodifferentreader-ships.Forthecontrolcommunitytheattractionistheopportunitytogaininsightintoanimportantindustrialareathatisnotoftengivenmonographlengthtreatmentinthecontrolliterature.Withintheengineeringdisciplinesofchemicalengineering,biotechnology,medicalengineeringandsimilarfields,themonographdemonstrateswhattheapplicationofoptimalcontrolhastoofferfornonlinearprocessproblems.ItisaverywelcomemultidisciplinaryadditiontotheAdvancesinIndustrialControlmonographseries.GlasgowM.J.GrimbleScotland,UKM.A.JohnsonviSeriesEditors’ForewordPrefaceTheprinciplesofoptimalitygovernoureverydaylife.Anynaturalorartificialsystem,whichsurroundsusorinfluencesourclosestvicini