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Aqueous Medium Management via Super Absorbent Materials
Title
Aqueous Medium Management via Super Absorbent Materials
Creator
Teymour, Fouad, Al-hallaj, Said
Date
2013-10-09, 2013-10-01
Description
A super absorbent polymer material is contacted with an aqueous medium to absorb at least a portion of the aqueous medium. At least portion of...
Show moreA super absorbent polymer material is contacted with an aqueous medium to absorb at least a portion of the aqueous medium. At least portion of the aqueous medium absorbed super absorbent material is subsequently regenerated to release water therefrom and to form a regenerated super absorbent material suitable for the contacting with a second quantity of an aqueous medium. Also disclosed are layered composites including an electrically conductive metal support layer, a layer of super absorbent material disposed thereon, and a layer of a selective semi-permeable material disposed adjacent the layer of the super absorbent material and spaced apart from the electrically conductive metal support layer.
United States Patent
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Control of complex distributed systems with distributed intelligent agents
Title
Control of complex distributed systems with distributed intelligent agents
Creator
Tatara, Eric, Cinar, Ali, Teymour, Fouad
Date
2007-06
Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Description
Control of spatially distributed systems is a challenging problem because of their complex nature, nonlinearity, and generally high order. The...
Show moreControl of spatially distributed systems is a challenging problem because of their complex nature, nonlinearity, and generally high order. The lack of accurate and computationally efficient model-based techniques for large, spatially distributed systems leads to challenges in controlling the system. Agent-based control structures provide a powerful tool to manago distributed systems by utilizing (organizing) local and global information obtained from the system. A hierarchical, agent-based system with local and global controller agents is developed to control networks of interconnected chemical reactors (CSTRs). The global controller agent dynamically updates local controller agent's objectives as the reactor network conditions change. One challenge posed is control of the spatial distribution of autocatalytic species in a network of reactors hosting multiple species. The multi-agent control system is able to intelligently manipulate the network flow rates such that the desired spatial distribution of species is achieved. Furthermore, the robustness and flexibility of the agent-based control system is illustrated through examples of disturbance rejection and scalability with respect to the size of the network.
Endnote format citation for DOI:10.1016/j.jprocont.2006.06.008
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Modified Rubber Particles and Compositions Including the same
Title
Modified Rubber Particles and Compositions Including the same
Creator
Shahidi, Nima, Arastoopour, Hamid, Teymour, Fouad
Date
2012-03-20, 2011-09-06
Description
Modified scrap rubber particles, a method for forming the modified rubber particles and compositions including the modified rubber particles....
Show moreModified scrap rubber particles, a method for forming the modified rubber particles and compositions including the modified rubber particles. The rubber particles are impregnated with at least one polymerizable monomer and polymerized to impregnate the rubber particles with a polymer. The impregnated polymer provides the modified rubber particles with improved properties which increase the potential uses for recycled scrap rubber. The modified rubber particles are useful in surface coatings, such as latex paint or powder coatings and can be used as a soil substitute.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Statistical Monitoring of Complex Chemical Processes Using Agent-Based Systems
Title
Statistical Monitoring of Complex Chemical Processes Using Agent-Based Systems
Creator
Perk, Sinem, Teymour, Fouad, Cinar, Ali
Date
2010-06-02
Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Description
It is highly desirable to have a statistical process monitoring (SPM) system that detects the abnormalities in process operations quickly with...
Show moreIt is highly desirable to have a statistical process monitoring (SPM) system that detects the abnormalities in process operations quickly with as few missed and false alarms as possible while the process operates under various operating conditions An agent-based combined monitoring and fault detection framework is proposed in this study. In this framework, different SPM techniques compete with and complement each other to enhance detection speed and accuracy. SPM techniques from literature such as principal component analysis (PCA), multiblock PCA (MBPCA), and dynamic PCA (DPCA) techniques are implemented in this agent-based process supervision system An agent performance assessment and agent management layer provides dynamic adaptation of the supervision system and improves the performance of SPM The statistical information coming from each of the statistical techniques is summarized through a consensus mechanism The performance of the agent-based consensus mechanism using different consensus criteria is tested for system disturbances of various magnitudes The effectiveness of the proposed agent-based framework with different consensus criteria is evaluated based on fault detection times and missed alarm rates and the adaptation of the supervision system is illustrated
Endnote format citation for DOI:10.1021/ie901368j
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Interpenetrated Rubber Particles and Compositions Including the Same
Title
Interpenetrated Rubber Particles and Compositions Including the Same
Creator
Shahidi, Nima, Arastoopour, Hamid, Teymour, Fouad
Date
2012-03-20, 2010-10-19
Description
Modified scrap rubber particles, a method for forming the modified rubber particles and compositions including the modified rubber particles....
Show moreModified scrap rubber particles, a method for forming the modified rubber particles and compositions including the modified rubber particles. The rubber particles are impregnated with at least one polymerizable monomer and polymerized to impregnate the rubber particles with a polymer. The impregnated polymer provides the modified rubber particles with improved properties which increase the potential uses for recycled scrap rubber. The modified rubber particles are useful in surface coatings, such as latex paint or powder coatings and can be used as a soil substitute.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Effect of Asymmetric Manipulations in Autocatalytic Networks
Title
Effect of Asymmetric Manipulations in Autocatalytic Networks
Creator
Balasubramanian, Sukanya, Cinar, Ali, Teymour, Fouad
Date
2010-06-02
Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Description
In this paper, we show that heterogeneous networks can be configured and reconfigured to operate in flexible spatial patterns The concept is...
Show moreIn this paper, we show that heterogeneous networks can be configured and reconfigured to operate in flexible spatial patterns The concept is demonstrated by using a square grid of continuous stirred tank reactors with nearest neighbor interactions and hosting multiple cubic autocatalytic species Asymmetry is introduced in the system by allowing for different feed flow rates in the reactors. A heterogeneous system offers expanded phase space, improved stability. and coexistence characteristics The advantages of asymmetry are studied using bifurcation diagrams, continuation studies. and dynamics
Endnote format citation for DOI:10.1021/ie901096v
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Agent-based control of spatially distributed chemical reactor networks
Title
Agent-based control of spatially distributed chemical reactor networks
Creator
Tatara, Eric, North, Michael, Hood, Cindy, Teymour, Fouad, Cinar, Ali
Date
2005
Publisher
SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN
Description
Large-scale spatially distributed systems provide a unique and difficult control challenge because of their nonlinearity, spatialdistribution...
Show moreLarge-scale spatially distributed systems provide a unique and difficult control challenge because of their nonlinearity, spatialdistribution and generally high order. The control structure for these systems tend to be both discrete and distributed as well and contain discrete and continuous elements. A layered control structure interfaced with complex arrays of sensors and actuators provides a flexible supervision and control system that can deal with local and global challenges. An adaptive agent-based control structure is presented whereby local control objectives may be changed in order to achieve the global control objective. Information is shared through a global knowledge environment that promotes the distribution of ideas through reinforcement. The performance of the agent-based control approach is illustrated in a case study where the interaction front between two competing autocatalytic species is moved from one spatial configuration to another. The multi-agent control system is able to effectively explore the parameter space of the network and intelligently manipulate the network flow rates such that the desired spatial distribution of species is achieved.
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Control of grade transitions in distributed chemical reactor networks - An agent-based approach
Title
Control of grade transitions in distributed chemical reactor networks - An agent-based approach
Creator
Tetiker, M. Derya, Artel, Arsun, Teymour, Fouad, Cinar, Ali
Date
2008-09-26
Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Description
Supervision of distributed manufacturing processes producing different grades of a product requires intelligent reconfiguration strategies...
Show moreSupervision of distributed manufacturing processes producing different grades of a product requires intelligent reconfiguration strategies during grade transition phases to minimize off-spec production. Agent-based approaches are ideal for such problems and they provide flexible, robust, and emergent solutions during dynamically changing process conditions. Three different multi-layered multi-agent, frameworks are proposed for the supervision of grade transitions in autocatalytic reactor networks. The first framework is the centralized framework and it is useful for small-scale grade transitions where only a small region of the network needs to be reconfigured. Alternatively, the other two frameworks use a decentralized approach. The first decentralized framework implements genetic algorithms and the second one uses self-organizing heuristics and auctions for large-scale grade transitions. The case studies demonstrate that as the complexity of the reconfiguration problem increases, decentralized solutions perform more efficiently.
Endnote format citation for DOI:10.1016/j.compchemeng.2008.02.008
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