Adaptive Optimization of Chemical Reactions with Minimal Experimental Information

Adaptive Information Filtering with Minimal Instruction

This project concerns with automated methods for finding a few pieces of relevant information (such as research articles) within a large dataset of predominantly incomplete and superficially similar information (such as technical report archives). While many such information filtering tasks vary considerably depending on the context, the primary challenges associated with automated techniques a...

Optimization of Emulsion Copolymerization Reactions. Experimental Validation

−− Time optimal monomer and reactor temperature set-point profiles were computed and implemented experimentally for the control of copolymer composition and minimization of reaction time in emulsion copolymerization systems. Iterative Dynamic Programming (IDP) was used for the offline calculation of the optimal profiles. This approach can deal with constrained optimization of systems described ...

Input constrained adaptive tracking with applications toexothermic chemical reactions models

We consider input constrained adaptive output feedback control for a class of nonlinear systems which are prototype models for controlled exothermic chemical reactions. Our objective is set-point control of the output, i.e., the temperature of the reaction. In the context of chemical reactions, practical considerations lead us to work in the presence of input constraints. We adopt an approach b...

Developing Adaptive Differential Evolution as a New Evolutionary Algorithm, Application in Optimization of Chemical Processes

Binary Counting with Chemical Reactions

This paper describes a scheme for implementing a binary counter with chemical reactions. The value of the counter is encoded by logical values of "0" and "1" that correspond to the absence and presence of specific molecular types, respectively. It is incremented when molecules of a trigger type are injected. Synchronization is achieved with reactions that produce a sustained three-phase oscilla...