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

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 applications

o modelling and model calibration of chromatography models [PhD students N.Borg and F.Ojala]

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

o model based optimization and design of preparative chromatography [PhD student M.Max-Hansen]

o model based operation analysis and control of preparative chromatography [PhD student K.Westerberg]

o computer tools for preparative and industrial chromatography [PhD students N.Borg]

o applications in protein purification and metal-ion separation

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 of Process Systems (2011)
• Model Calibration of Process Systems (2010)
• Advanced Process Simulation
• Old courses:

o Process Modelling (2002)

o Process Simulation, KAT061F (every year)

o Advanced Process Simulation, KTE015F (2006)

o Optimization in Process Engineering (2004)

o Process Dynamics (2007)

o Integrated Process Design and Control (2008)

o Preparative Chromatography (2006)

o Fundamenatals in Chromatography Theory (2006)

Industrial courses

· Industrial Process Simulation (in swedish)

· Process Engineering (in swedish)