The PSE Model-Based Innovation Prize 2021

Judgement criteria and judges' comments

Papers were judged against the following specific five criteria, taking into account the general guidelines published on the PSE website:

• Innovation with respect to model-based concepts [25%]
• Innovation with respect to construction and application of gPROMS^® models [25%]
• Innovation with respect to integration, use and implementation of model-based activities [25%]
• Scope and significance of the results obtained [15%]
• Overall scientific interest and relevance [10%].

As by definition the papers have already been reviewed and accepted for publication they are deemed to have scientific merit, and were thus not judged explicitly on this criterion other than to award ‘tie-breaker’ points in the last category.

Implicitly taken into account were the modelling themes that PSE is promoting for advanced process modelling and model-based innovation in general:

• high-fidelity modelling, going to chemical engineering first principles where possible
• model validation using experimental data in order to integrate theoretical models to observed values
• multipurpose process modelling – i.e. using the same model for a variety of model-based activities in order to enhance return on modelling investment.

The MBI Prize judges

The prize is judged by three academics known for their considerable contribution to the field of process systems engineering over the years:

Prof. Stratos Pistikopoulos (Chair)
Professor Stratos Pistikopoulos is the Director of the Texas A&M Energy Institute and holds the Dow Chemical Chair in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Associate Prof. Michael Georgiadis
Michael Georgiadis is Professor of Modelling, Optimisation and Control of Production Systems in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Professor Il Moon
President, Korean Society of Engineering Education; Member, National Academy of Engineering in Korea; Former Senior Vice President, Yonsei University; Former Director General, National Research Foundation of Korea

Winning paper

Modeling of maize breakage in hammer mills of different scale through a population balance approach by Ivana Cotabarren^*, Juliana Piña, Agustina Di Battista of Departamento de Ingeniería Química (DIQ), Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Argentina; Planta Piloto de Ingeniería Química (PLAPIQUI, UNS-CONICET), Argentina; and María Paz Fernández of Planta Piloto de Ingeniería Química (PLAPIQUI, UNS-CONICET), Argentina.

Published in Powder Technology, Elsevier.

Judges' comments

"An impressive multi-scale modeling application, with good use of gPROMS ModelBuilder for population balance modelling"

Runners-up

Modeling CO₂ absorption in aqueous solutions of cholinium lysinate ionic liquid by J. PB. Motaa^*, C. F. Martins, L. A. Neves, L. M. Ferreira, I. M. Coelhoso, J. G. Crespo of LAQV/Requimte, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal; R. Chagas of i3N/CENIMAT Department of Materials Science, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal; C.A.M. Afonso of Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal.

Published in Chemical Engineering Journal, Elsevier.

Judges' comments

"gPROMS is used to full advantage in process modeling, simulation and parameter estimation, and the authors have exploited the flexibility of the package in the interfaces with other external packages including ASPEN-PLUS"

Runner-up

Transient CO₂ Capture for open-cycle gas turbines in future energy systems by Mathew Dennis Wilkes^*, Sanjay Mukherjee, Solomon Brown of Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Published in Energy, Elsevier.

Judges' comments

"It is a very topical CCS implementation, incorporating valuable experimental data, with gPROMS properly acknowledged; all-in-all a very good paper"