Integrating operations and control: A perspective and roadmap for future research

• Published in: Computers & chemical engineering Vol. 115; pp. 179 - 184
• Main Authors: Daoutidis, Prodromos, Lee, Jay H., Harjunkoski, Iiro, Skogestad, Sigurd, Baldea, Michael, Georgakis, Christos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 12.07.2018
• Subjects: Integration; Operations; Planning; Plant-wide control; Scheduling; Plant-wide control; Integration; Scheduling; Planning; Operations
• ISSN: 0098-1354
• DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2018.04.011

•This white paper is a concise perspective based on a session during FIPSE 3, held in Rhodes, Greece, June 20–23, 2016.•Its aim is to highlight open problems and directions for future research on the integration of control and operations.•It discusses such problems on control and optimization of plants with frequent transitions, on the integration of scheduling and control, and on the impact of big data on control and operations.•Case studies on the design and operation of microgrids are also discussed. This “white paper” is a concise perspective based on a session during FIPSE 3, held in Rhodes, Greece, June 20–23, 2016. This was the third conference in the series “Future Innovation in Process Systems Engineering” (http://fi-in-pse.org), which takes place every other year in Greece, with a limited number of participants and just three topics/sessions whose objective is to pose and discuss open research challenges in Process Systems Engineering. This specific session comprised invited talks by Sigurd Skogestad and Iiro Harjunkoski, followed by short presentations by the participants and extensive discussions. The paper does not intend to provide a comprehensive review on the subject, or a detailed exposition of the concepts and problems. Its aim is to highlight open problems and directions for future research.