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Modular manufacturing processes: Status, challenges, and opportunities by Baldea, Michael, Edgar, Thomas F., Stanley, Bill L., Kiss, Anton A.

“…Chemical companies are constantly seeking new, high‐margin growth opportunities, the majority of which lie in high‐grade, specialty chemicals, rather than in…”
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Smart manufacturing, manufacturing intelligence and demand-dynamic performance by Davis, Jim, Edgar, Thomas, Porter, James, Bernaden, John, Sarli, Michael

“…Smart Manufacturing is the dramatically intensified and pervasive application of networked information-based technologies throughout the manufacturing and…”
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Guest Editorial: Special section on Resilient Control of Cyber-Physical Power and Energy Systems by Adetola, Veronica, Edgar, Thomas, Nandanoori, Sai Pushpak, Zhu, Quanyan, Rieger, Craig, Abbaszadeh, Masoud

“…Our power and energy systems are becoming more and more integrated and interconnected. The increasing integration of edge devices and dependence on cyber…”
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A physics-based model for industrial steam-methane reformer optimization with non-uniform temperature field by Kumar, Ankur, Baldea, Michael, Edgar, Thomas F.

“…•Physics-based model enables study of non-uniform furnace temperature distribution.•Novel empirical modeling scheme used to fit the real-plant temperature…”
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Simple Analytic PID Controller Tuning Rules Revisited by Lee, Jietae, Cho, Wonhui, Edgar, Thomas F

“…The SIMC method by Skogestad (J. Process Control 2003, 13, 291–309) to tune the PID controller is revisited, and a new method (K-SIMC) is proposed. The…”
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Integrated HVAC management and optimal scheduling of smart appliances for community peak load reduction by Perez, Krystian X., Baldea, Michael, Edgar, Thomas F.

“…•Residential consumers investigated to lower community-level peak demand.•Thermostat settings and appliance use controlled through energy management…”
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Modeling and control of a solar thermal power plant with thermal energy storage by Powell, Kody M., Edgar, Thomas F.

“…Dynamic simulation results for a thermal energy storage (TES) unit used in a parabolic trough concentrated solar power (CSP) system are presented. A…”
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Smart manufacturing and energy systems by Edgar, Thomas F., Pistikopoulos, Efstratios N.

“…•Advances in smart manufacturing are covered in the context of PSE tool application.•Systems interface with smart manufacturing apps through a vendor agnostic…”
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Optimal scheduling of combined heat and power plants using mixed-integer nonlinear programming by Kim, Jong Suk, Edgar, Thomas F.

“…This paper presents the application of MINLP (mixed-integer nonlinear programming) approach for scheduling of a CHP (combined heat and power) plant in the…”
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A multi-scale framework for simultaneous optimization of the design and operating strategy of residential CHP systems by Ondeck, Abigail, Edgar, Thomas F., Baldea, Michael

“…•Study economics of design and operational of a CHP plant with PV integration.•Variability and uncertainty in energy demand included, utilizing large amounts…”
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Heating, cooling, and electrical load forecasting for a large-scale district energy system by Powell, Kody M., Sriprasad, Akshay, Cole, Wesley J., Edgar, Thomas F.

“…Load forecasting is critical for planning and optimizing operations for large energy systems on a dynamic basis. As system complexity increases, the task of…”
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Dynamic Process Intensification of Binary Distillation via Periodic Operation by Yan, Lingqing, Edgar, Thomas F, Baldea, Michael

“…This paper applies the concept of dynamic intensification (defined as changes to the dynamics, operation strategy, and/or control of a process that lead to a…”
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Nonlinear modeling, estimation and predictive control in APMonitor by Hedengren, John D., Shishavan, Reza Asgharzadeh, Powell, Kody M., Edgar, Thomas F.

“…This paper describes nonlinear methods in model building, dynamic data reconciliation, and dynamic optimization that are inspired by researchers and motivated…”
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Multi-resolution model of an industrial hydrogen plant for plantwide operational optimization with non-uniform steam-methane reformer temperature field by Kumar, Ankur, Edgar, Thomas F., Baldea, Michael

“…•SMR furnace temperature distribution-aware multi-resolution model of a H2 plant.•Scheme for plantwide H2 plant operational optimization based on furnace…”
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Real-time optimization of an industrial steam-methane reformer under distributed sensing by Kumar, Ankur, Baldea, Michael, Edgar, Thomas F.

“…Industrial hydrogen production takes place in large-scale steam methane reformer (SMR) units, whose energy efficiency depends on the interior spatial…”
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Clustering analysis of residential electricity demand profiles by Rhodes, Joshua D., Cole, Wesley J., Upshaw, Charles R., Edgar, Thomas F., Webber, Michael E.

“…•Optimal k-means clustering finds seasonal groups of residential electricity use.•We find that each season has two nominal groups.•One group typically uses…”
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Switching from Batch to Continuous Reactors Is a Trajectory Optimization Problem by Costandy, Joseph G, Edgar, Thomas F, Baldea, Michael

“…Over the past two decades, the pharmaceutical and specialty chemical industries have led a considerable effort toward transitioning from existing batch to…”
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Simple Analytic Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) Controller Tuning Rules for Unstable Processes by Cho, Wonhui, Lee, Jietae, Edgar, Thomas F

“…Very simple proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller tuning rules for a wide range of stable processes are available. However, for unstable processes,…”
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Static and Dynamic Intensification of Water–Ethylene Glycol Separation Using a Dividing Wall Column by Yan, Lingqing, Witt, Paul M, Edgar, Thomas F, Baldea, Michael

“…This paper makes several first-of-a-kind contributions toward “double intensification” (static/dynamic) of distillation systems, focusing in particular on the…”
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Development and analysis of residential change-point models from smart meter data by Perez, Krystian X., Cetin, Kristen, Baldea, Michael, Edgar, Thomas F.

“…•A 3-parameter change-point model is used to describe daily residential AC use.•Statistical analysis reveals parameters that influence household energy use.•A…”
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