Faculty C. M. Crowe

 

 

Professor Emeritus
Department of Chemical Engineering

MACC Member

email: crowe@mcmaster.ca

B.Eng. McGill University (1953), Ph.D. University of Cambridge (1957), F.C.I.C.

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Research Projects

Reconciliation of Process Measurements

The problem involved the optimal adjustment of measurements of process
flow rates and concentrations during steady state so that they were consistent with
conservation laws and other constraints.

Since I retired I no longer accept any students at any level

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Selected Publications

Schraa, O. and C.M. Crowe, "The Numerical Solution of Bilinear Data Reconciliation
Problems using Unconstrained Optimization Methods," Comput. & Chem. Eng.,
22, 1215-28 (1998).

Tong, H. and C.M. Crowe, "Detecting Persistent Gross Errors by Sequential
Analysis of Principal Components," AIChE J., 43, 1242-1249, (1997).

Crowe, C.M., "Data Reconciliation - Progress and Challenges," J. Proc. Control,
6, 89-98, (1996).

Crowe, C.M., "Formulation of Linear Data Reconciliation using Information Theory",
Chem. Eng. Sci., 51, 3359-3366 (1996).

Tong, H. and C.M. Crowe, "Detection of Gross Errors in Data Reconciliation by
Principal Component Analysis", AIChE J., 41, 1712-1722, (1995).

Crowe, C.M., "Maximum Power Test for Gross Errors in the Original Constraints
in Data Reconciliation", Can. J. Chem. Eng., 70, No. 5, (1992).

Holly W., R. Cook and C.M. Crowe, "Reconciliation of Mass Flow Rate
Measurements in a Chemical Extraction Plant", Can. J. Chem. Eng., 67, 595-601,
(1989).

Crowe, C.M. "Test of Maximum Power for the Detection of Gross Errors in Process
Constraints", AIChE J., 35, 869-872, (1989).

Crowe, C.M., "Observability and Redundancy of Process Data for Steady State
Reconciliation", Chem. Eng. Sci., 44, 2909-2917, (1989).

Crowe, C.M., "The Recursive Identification of Gross Errors in Linear Data
Reconciliation", AIChE J., 34, 541- 550, (1988).

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