Author:Seid, ER; Majozi, TDate:Oct 2013The increasing interest in multipurpose batch plants is evident, because of their inherent flexibility to cope with an ever changing market environment. These plants are easily reconfigured for product modifications, to cover a wide range of ...Read more
Author:Seid, ER; Majozi, TDate:Jul 2014Energy saving is becoming increasingly important in batch processing facilities. Multipurpose batch plants have become more popular than ever in the processing environment due to their inherent flexibility and adaptability to market conditions, ...Read more
Author:Seid, R; Majozi, TDate:Jan 2012This paper presents a mathematical technique for prediction of the optimal number of time points in short-term scheduling of multipurpose batch plants. The mathematical formulation is based on state sequence network (SSN) representation. The ...Read more
Author:Seid, ER; Majozi, TDate:May 2014Presented in this contribution is a formulation that addresses optimization of both water and energy, while simultaneously optimizing the batch process schedule. The scheduling framework used in this study is based on the recent and efficient ...Read more