First Announcement and Call for Papers International Federation of Automatic Control DYCORD+ '95 4th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Chemical Reactors, Distillation Columns, and Batch Processes June 7-9, 1995 Helsingor Denmark Organized by the Danish Automation Society Copenhagen SCOPE: The Symposium will focus on three important areas of process dynamics and control: * Chemical reactors * Distillation columns * Batch Processes Chemical reactors usually function as the heart of processing plants. They pose specific problems in start-up and stabilization and are still often not under closed loop control, due to complicated reaction kinetics and uncertain catalyst activity. Even though distillation is a well known process, it continues to reveal now properties, even for the simpler cases, which renders this process difficult to control. Presently the interest in understanding and developing more complicated azeotropic distillation processes in also growing, especially in connection with developing advanced separation processes. The trend towards knowledge-intensive and high added value products has increased the interest in batch operation, where modern distributed control systems provide an infrastructure for advanced automation and flexible operation. However the theory of discrete event dynamic systems is still lacking compared to continuous processing theory. For batch operation the scope of the Symposium is expanded beyond that of reactor and distillation processes. PAPERS: Papers highlighting industrial experience and/or comparisons between theory and experiment are particularly welcome. Interaction between plant design and control system development deserve special attention. MAIN TOPICS: * dynamic modelling * model verification and calibration * simulation * new control methods * applicability of control methods * experiments with control systems * experiments with distributed control systems * (multivariable) quality control * optimization methods * minimization of feed and utility costs * computer aided process and plant design INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE James B. Rawlings (USA)---chairman and editor SUBCOMMITTEE ON CHEMICAL REACTORS: W. Marquardt (D)---co-chairman and co-editor D. Gay (CH) E. D. Gilles (D) I. Hashimoto (J) (IFAC representative) J. F. MacGregor (CAN) P. Nielsen (DK) W. H. Ray (USA) L. Zulio (NL) SUBCOMMITTEE ON DISTILLATION COLUMNS: S. Skogestad (N)---co-chairman and co-editor A. Brambilla (I) E. W. Jacobson (S) L. Lang (D) W. L. Luyben (USA) T. J. McAvoy (USA) K. V. Waller (SF) G. Wozny (D) SUBCOMMITTEE ON BATCH PROCESSES: D. Bonvin (CH)---co-chairman and co-editor C. Georgakis (USA) S. Hasebe (J) N. Jerome (USA) K. Levien (USA) D. R. Lewin (ISR) S. Macchietto (UK) H. Preisig (AUS) D. Rippin (CH) H. Schuler (D) NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: S. B. Jorgensen---Chairman (IFAC representative) M. Y. Andersen L. v. Gersdorff O. Hansen N. Jensen K. Knudsen M. Kummel P. Martin Larsen J. Saietz COPYRIGHT: IFAC publication and copyright conditions: Copyright for the material is held by IFAC. A copyright form will be sent to authors. Automatica, Control Engineering Practice, and IFAC affiliated journals have priority access to all contributions presented at the meeting. If the author is not contacted by an editor of Automatica, Control Engineering Practice or an IFAC affiliated journal within three months after the meeting, the material may be published elsewhere. Authors in any doubt should consult the IFAC copyright conditions available at the IFAC Secretariat in Laxenburg, Vienna and supplied with author's kits. All papers presented at the meeting will be filed and abstracted in Control Engineering Practice and printed in a Postscript volume to be published by Pergamon Press after the meeting. For all requests, please contact: IFAC Publications Office, Elsevier Science Ltd. The Boulevard, Langford Lane Kidlington, Oxford 0X5 16B England Tel: 865-743-845; Fax: 865-743-956 PROGRAM: The Symposium program will include plenary and invited state-of- the-art lectures, round table discussions, as well as oral and poster technical sessions. The selection of oral and poster presentations will be made by the IPC based upon the final papers. A social program is being prepared. LANGUAGE: English will be the official language throughout the Symposium. LOCATION: The Symposium will be held in Helsingor, Denmark at LO-skolen. DEAD-LINES: July 15, 1994 deadline for abstracts (400-600 words) September 9, 1994 authors to be notified about (conditional) acceptance November 18, 1994 submission of papers in camera-ready form January 16, 1995 notification of final acceptance Please send abstracts (five copies) to: DYCORD+ '95 James B. Rawlings Department of Chemical Engineering The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712-1062, USA E-mail: dycord@che.utexas.edu Fax: (512) 471-7060 Three copies of the accepted papers should be sent to the above address and one copy to the Danish Automation Society. OTHER CORRESPONDENCE: Other correspondence should be addressed to: DYCORD+ '95 Danish Automation Society Copenhagen Science Park Symbion Fruebjergvej 3 DK-2100 Copenhagen O Denmark Tel: (45) 3917 9980 Fax: (45) 3120 5521 E-mail: symbjeba@inet.uni-c.dk RELATED EVENTS: DYCORD+ '95 is planned to be followed by two related events during the following week: Fifth European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE-V, June 11-14, 1995, Bled, Slovenia Correspondence: University of Maribor Dept. of Chemical Engineering Smetanove 17 P. O. Box 224 SLO-62001 Maribor, Slovenia Tel: +386-62/227-774 Fax: +386-62/227-774 E-mail: escapes@uni-m8.si IFAC Workshop on Fault Detection and Diagnosis in the Chemical Industries, June 12-13, 1995, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Correspondence: Professor A. J. Morris University of Newcastle upon Tyne Dept. of Chemical and Process Engineering Metz Court Newcastle NE1 7RU, England Tel: 091-222-6000 Fax: 091- 261-1182 E-mail: julian.morris@uk.ac.newcastle