Bernt Nilsson professor Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Lund University bernt.nilsson@chemeng.lth.se phone: +46462228088, fax: +46462224526, cell: +46703178088 Links: Bernt at ChemEng| ChemEng | LTH | LU

General

• CV (.pdf)

Main Interest

• My main interest is in the area of Process System Engineering and particular in

• mathematical modelling,
• model calibration and validation,
• model based analysis, optimization and design,
• model based control and operation,
• simulation and optimization techniques

Research and Supervision

• PIC-LU, SSF financed Process Industrial Centre at Lund University - Process Optimisation and Control
  Program director (2008 – on going)

• modelling and optimization of reactor systems [PhD student N. Andersson]

• Research in Preparative Chromatography

• modelling and model calibration of chromatography models [PhD student N. Borg]

• model based optimization and design of preparative chromatography
• model based operation analysis of preparative chromatography [PhD student K. Westerberg]

• computer tools for preparative and industrial chromatography

• applications in protein and metal-ion purification

• Assistant supervisor in Paper Drying and Transport Phenomena research with Prof. Stig Stenström
  [PhD student A. Holmqvist]
• Assistant supervisor in research on Control Release of Drugs together with Prof. Anders Axelsson
  [PhD student E. Kaunisto]

Under Graduate Teaching

· Responsible for the basic course: Transport Processes

· Responsible for the advanced course: Process Simulation

· Organize individual project course: Process Simulation FK

PhD Courses

• Mathematical Modelling and Model Calibration

• Process Modelling (2002),
• Mathematical Modelling of Process Systems, KTE010F (2006)

• Simulation methods and Computer Tools

• Process Simulation, KAT061F (every year)
• Advanced Process Simulation, KTE015F (2006)

• Analysis, Optimization and Design

• Optimization in Process Engineering (2004)
• Process Dynamics (2007)
• Integrated Process Design and Control (2008)

• Chromatography

• Preparative Chromatography (2006)
• Fundamenatals in Chromatography Theory (2006)

Commission of trust

• Deputy head of department (2006-2011)