Publications by Sriniketh Srinivasan

Sequential model identification of reaction systems-The missing path between the incremental and simultaneous approaches

Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Sriniketh Srinivasan

Modeling chemical reaction systems is an important but complex task. The identified kinetic model must be able to explain all the underlying rate processes such as chemical reactions and heat and mass transfers. Traditionally, the modeling task is carried ...

2019

On Decoupling Chemical Reaction Systems : Methods, Analysis and Applications

Sriniketh Srinivasan

Chemical reaction systems act as the basis to get the desired products from raw materials. An in-depth understanding of all the underlying rate processes is necessary for monitoring, control and optimization of chemical reaction systems. Traditional repres ...

EPFL2017

Concept and Applications of Extents in Chemical Reaction Systems

Michael Amrhein, Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Sriniketh Srinivasan, Diogo Filipe Mateus Rodrigues

Models of chemical reaction systems can be quite complex as they typically include information regarding the reactions, the various transfers of heat and mass, as well as the effects of the inlet and outlet flows. It is well known that a linear transformat ...

2017

Constrained multi-rate state estimator incorporating delayed measurements

Michael Amrhein, Dominique Bonvin, Sriniketh Srinivasan

Frequent and accurate concentration estimates are important for the on-line control and optimization of chemical reaction systems. Such estimates can be obtained using state estimation methods that fuse frequent (fast) delay-free on-line measurements with ...

IEEE2017

Shape constrained splines as transparent black-box models for bioprocess modeling

Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Sriniketh Srinivasan

Empirical model identification for biological systems is a challenging task due to the combined effects of complex interactions, nonlinear effects, and lack of specific measurements. In this context, several researchers have provided tools for experimental ...

Elsevier2017

Identification of Biokinetic Models Using the Concept of Extents

Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Sriniketh Srinivasan

The development of a wide array of process technologies to enable the shift from conventional biological wastewater treatment processes to resource recovery systems is matched by an increasing demand for predictive capabilities. Mathematical models are exc ...

Amer Chemical Soc2017

Data Reconciliation for Reaction Systems Using Extents and Shape Constraints

Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Sriniketh Srinivasan

Concentrations measured during the course of reactions are typically corrupted by random noise. Data reconciliation techniques improve the accuracy of measurements by using redundancies in the material and energy balances expressed as relationships between ...

Elsevier2017

On the Use of Shape-Constrained Splines for Biokinetic Process Modelling

Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Sriniketh Srinivasan

Identification of mathematical models is an important task for the design and the optimization of biokinetic processes. Monod or Tessier growth-rate models are often chosen by default, although these models are not able to represent the dynamics of all bac ...

Elsevier Science Bv2016

Biokinetic Model Identification via Extents of Reaction

Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Sriniketh Srinivasan

Model structure selection and parameter identification for biokinetic modeling of biological wastewater treatment processes is broadly accepted to be a complicated task. Contributing factors include (i) nonlinear behavior, (ii) lack of knowledge, (iii) lac ...

2016

On the use of shape constraints for state estimation in reaction systems

Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Sriniketh Srinivasan

State estimation techniques are used for improving the quality of measured signals and for reconstructing unmeasured quantities. In chemical reaction systems, nonlinear estimators are often used to improve the quality of estimated concentrations. These non ...

Elsevier Science Bv2016

Identification of Multiphase Reaction Systems with Instantaneous Equilibria

Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Sriniketh Srinivasan

The identification of kinetic models for multiphase reaction systems is complex due to the simultaneous effect of chemical reactions and mass transfers. The extentbased incremental approach simplifies the modeling task by transforming the reaction system i ...

American Chemical Society2016

Biokinetic process model diagnosis with shape-constrained spline functions

Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Sriniketh Srinivasan

Model-structure identification is important for the optimization and design of biokinetic processes. Standard Monod and Tessier functions are often used by default to describe bacterial growth with respect to a substrate, leading to significant optimizatio ...

2016

Data Reconciliation in Reaction Systems using the Concept of Extents

Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Sriniketh Srinivasan

Abstract of the conference paper Concentrations measured during the course of a chemical reaction are corrupted with noise, which reduces the quality of information. Since these measurements are used for identifying kinetic models, the noise imp ...

Elsevier2015

Variant and Invariant States for Chemical Reaction Systems

Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Sriniketh Srinivasan, Diogo Filipe Mateus Rodrigues

Models of open non-isothermal heterogeneous reaction systems can be quite complex as they include information regarding the reactions, the inlet and outlet flows, the transfer of species between phases and the transfer of energy. This paper builds on the c ...

Elsevier2015

Data Reconciliation in Open Reaction Systems using the Concept of Extents

Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Sriniketh Srinivasan

Kinetic models of chemical reaction systems are typically represented in terms of state variables, such as concentrations, temperature and partial pressures [1]. These state variables in turn depend on the underlying reactions, transfer phenomena, and tran ...

2015

Extent-based Model Identification of Surface Catalytic Reaction Systems

Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Sriniketh Srinivasan, Diogo Filipe Mateus Rodrigues

Identification of kinetic models and estimation of reaction and mass-transfer parameters is an important task for monitoring, control and optimization of industrial processes. A methodology called Extent-based Model Identification has been developed to sep ...

2014

Invariant Relationships for Heterogeneous Chemical Reaction Systems in Open Reactors

Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Sriniketh Srinivasan

Many chemical and biochemical industries utilize chemical reaction processes to get desired products from raw materials. Common examples include reaction systems used to manufacture pharmaceutical drugs, vaccines and other chemicals. A chemical reaction sy ...

2014

On the Use of Extents for Process Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis

Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Sriniketh Srinivasan

Process monitoring and fault diagnosis are broadly used to control quality and enforce safety compliance in industrial processes. Processes are commonly monitored by online spectroscopy, with either PCA or calibration techniques such as PLS being used to p ...

2014

On the use of extents for process monitoring and fault diagnosis

Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Sriniketh Srinivasan

Process monitoring and fault diagnosis are broadly used to control quality and enforce safety compliance in industrial processes. Processes are commonly monitored by online spectroscopy, with either PCA or calibration techniques such as PLS being used to p ...

2014

Extent-based Kinetic Identification using Spectroscopic Measurements and Multivariate Calibration

Dominique Bonvin, Julien Léo Billeter, Sriniketh Srinivasan

Extent-based kinetic identification is a kinetic modeling technique that uses concentrations measurements to compute extents and identify reaction kinetics by the integral method of parameter estimation. This article considers the case where spectroscopic ...

Elsevier2013