A new algorithm to develop hybrid systems

This work presents a new formalism and methodology to develop hybrid systems. This methodology is implemented in MODEL.LA Stephanopoulos et al., 1990, Bieszczad et al., 1998 Koulouris, A., Geurts, K., & Stephanopoulos, G. (1998). MODEL.LA: A phenomena-based modelling language for process systems engineering. AIChE Annual Conference; Stephanopoulos, G., Henning, G., & Leone, H. (1990). MODEL.LA: A modelling language for process engineering. Parts I-II. Computers and Chemical Engineering, 14 (8), 813-869). A modelling environment to develop phenomena-based models of chemical processes. Most of the existing modeling and simulation packages in the market support only continuous or discrete systems. Only a few of them support hybrid systems. The formalism developed is a graphical, simple and powerful tool that allows the user to create, modify and reuse in a hierarchical way complex operation schedules for a continuous chemical plant.