While he was trapped in a Shell oil refinery for weeks during a 1973 plant strike, Charles R. Cutler (1936-2020) used the opportunity to try out his untested theories on a new method for controlling chemical plants on the actual refinery. They worked spectacularly, and the resulting Dynamic Matrix Control method later became a standard part of control engineering practice. However, DMC was kept a trade secret at Shell until 1980 when it was first made available to the public. This book uncovers the history behind the theory by publishing Cutler’s writings and letters, including his 1969 thesis proposal letter to Prof. Huang at the University of Houston outlining his theories, and a more developed draft paper from 1975 that was never published. Science historians and control engineers alike can trace the development of the theory over time from its earliest origins.

Contains 423 original peer-reviewed research articles presented at the 35th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE 35). Subject categories include Modelling and Simulation, Sustainable Product Development and Process Design, Large Scale Design and Planning/Scheduling, Model Based Optimisation and Advanced Control, Concepts, Methods and Tools, Digitalization and AI, CAPEing with Societal Challenges, CAPE Education and Knowledge, PSE4Food and Biochemical, and PSE4BioMedical and (Bio)Pharma.

Contains 134 original peer-reviewed research articles and 10 extended abstracts submitted to FOCAPD 2024. Subject categories include Invited Plenary and Keynote Submissions, Advances in PSE Design, Design and Emerging Fields, Design and Energy Transitions, Design and Sustainability, and Design Education and Future of Design. The scope is process design as it applies to process systems engineering in chemical engineering, energy systems engineering, and related fields.

Selected Extended Abstracts from the Systems & Control Division Sessions of the 72nd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October 23-26, 2022, Vancouver, BC

Selected Extended Abstracts from the
 Systems & Control Division Sessions of the 
71st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference
, October 24-27, 2021, Montréal, Québec