Cheng-liang Chen

Biography

B.S. Ch.E. National Taiwan University, 1979 M.S. Ch.E. National Taiwan University, 1981 PhD. Ch.E.National Taiwan University, 1987

Research Interest

Process Integration and Optimization In ordinary chemical plants, owing to the necessity of processes, heat exchangers are used frequently to retrieve as much heat energy as possible. On the other hand, mass exchangers for absoption and stripping, among other applications, are applied extensively to maintain the quality and quantity of some ingredients. Therefore, from the issue of how to integrate these heat and mass exchangers systematically, with a thorough perspective about the whole plant, to lower the cost of equipment and operation as well as lessening the environmental impact comes the so-called energy-mass integration problem. Based on mathematical programming for the purpose of process integration, this research aims for achieving various objects: the effective design of the whole-plant mass-energy exchange networks, energy as well as water reservation, and waste reduction. This technique has been extended to other applications such as plantwide water network, cooling water network, interplant steam power plant optimization, waste heat recovery from industrial processes, hybrid power systems analysis and design.