The ESCAPE series is a prominent European yearly event in the field of Computer Aided Process Engineering. Out of 406 contributions, prepared by authors from 47 countries (Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Australia), the ESCAPE 26 International Scientific Committee selected 176 oral presentations (7 being plenary lectures, 18 keynote lectures), and 230 poster presentations. The ESCAPE series is an excellent opportunity for young, motivated and innovative undergraduate students to enter the world of computer aided chemical engineering. It is also an opportunity to promote outstanding achievements of PhD students in this field. To recognize these achievements, the EFCE Excellence Award in Recognition of an Outstanding PhD Thesis on CAPE 2016 and the Award to the winners of the EURECHA Student Contest Problem Competition 2016 were given at the conference.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 1537028547Programme group members have successfully organized first international conference Technologies and Business Models for Circular Economy, TBMCE 2018, in September 2018 in Portorož, Slovenia. A honorary patron of the conference was a president of the Republic of Slovenia Borut Pahor. The number of participants was around 90. The scientific committee included 19 experts from 11 countries. 35 lectures were given at the conference from which one plenary and 6 key-note lectures. 17 posters were also presented. A conference proceeding was issued by the University of Maribor Press and is available at the web page http://press.um.si/index.php/ump/catalog/book/367.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 95522049A new version of unique mixed-integer process synthesizer MipSyn v2016 has been developed. It is linked to new version of GAMS 24.7. It is adapted for the use on high performance servers for solving large scale synthesis problems. It exhibits high robustness which is a prerequisite for solving complex industrial problems.
F.23 Development of new system-wide, normative and programme solutions, and methods
COBISS.SI-ID: 20354582TransGen is software tool designed for identification of realistic as well as optimal options for improving energy consumption in companies, it also enables identification of options for energy integration outside the company, e.g. for district heating of buildings and others. TransGen is written in a general form and could be applied to any company that has the potential for energy consumption reduction. TransGen allows to identify options for improving energy efficiency in companies and entire sites under fixed or variable operating conditions and considering both investment cost and cost of energy. It enables to identify certain number of the most optimal modifications, all profitable modifications, modifications based on investment cost, modifications depending on the desired payback period, etc. It also enables to easily exclude modifications which are identified to be unfeasible or difficult to be implemented in practice, thus all identified modifications for improvement of energy efficiency could be achievable in practice. On an example of a medium-sized, relatively complex industrial site, the tool proved to be promising. Besides identification of retrofitting options, TransGen enables also synthesis of heat exchanger networks for new processes and entire sites with optimal energy consumption.
F.23 Development of new system-wide, normative and programme solutions, and methods
The innovative systems, programming and methodological solutions were developed during the applied project which was carried out between 2016-2019 by three academic partners, two institute partners and one industrial partner. The comprehensive methodology for the sustainable design of biogas plants and other renewable-based processes was developed with the purpose of increasing self-sufficiency in energy and raw material among the companies and regions. This methodology connects computer-aided optimization of the biogas process with experimental research in the laboratory, at the pilot level and even at the microreactor scale. The methodology enables multi-objective optimization of a biogas process integrated into a complete supply network of a given business model. The research based on circular economy principles was applied to all levels of a biochemical supply chain - from pretreatment of raw materials, to their efficient conversion into biogas and other green products, to the optimization of company and regional supply networks. Such an integrated approach represents a global innovation, as it enables obtaining sustainable innovative solutions. The research has established procedures and potentials for bio-based resources to become competitive with fossil ones.
F.23 Development of new system-wide, normative and programme solutions, and methods
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