Associate Professor: Alexander V. Malygin

Address: Office O-312, Building "O" – 72 Karl Marx str., Kazan
E-mail: systech@kstu.ru
Phone: +7(843)231-41-94, +7(843)231-41-95

Working hours:
Mon-Fri: from 8:00 to 17:00

History

The Department was established in 2005 due to the need for specialists with the combined expertise in chemical, automation and modern information technologies These skills are essential for system analysis, computer modeling, management and design of optimal chemical and technological systems. Graduates use best practices and computer technologies to solve complex and non-standard tasks of the chemical, petrochemical and oil and gas processing industries. This is done to increase the economic and technological efficiency of industrial processes and apparatus systems, reduce energy consumption and carbon footprint, and improve the environmental cleanliness of production.

Academics

The Department offers the following educational programs:

Bachelor's Degree Program:

• 27.03.03 System Analysis and Management (System Analysis and Management in Chemical Technologies).

Master's Degree Program:

• 27.04.03 - System Analysis and Management (System Engineering, Digitalization and Management in Chemical Technology and Industry).

Postgraduate Program:

• 27.06.01 - Management in technical systems (System analysis, control and information processing in chemical technology).

The Department provides education in the fields of system engineering, digitalization, mathematical and computer modeling, integrated research, optimization and system technological design of chemical engineering production facilities for Bachelor’s, Master’s Degree and PhD students at KNRTU.

Research Activities

The Department develops research of the world-famous scientist and innovator Professor Gennadii M. Ostrovsky in the field of optimal design, optimization and synthesis of complex systems in chemical engineering. The Department’s creation and development its focus on systems engineering are linked to Professor Nadir N. Ziyatdinov, who headed the Department from its establishment until 2022. Under Professor Nadir N. Ziyatdinov guidance new methods and algorithms were developed for the analysis, optimal design and modeling of energy and resource saving systems, including distributed heat exchange systems, separation systems of multi-component mixtures, and biological wastewater treatment.

Faculty of the Department have over 20 years’ experience in Process System Engineering, evidenced by numerous publications in highly rated domestic and international journals and prestigious awards. The Department is a key organizer of many prestigious international conferences and scientific schools, including "Computer Aided Process System Engineering (CAPSE)", "American-Russian Chemical Engineering Scientific School (ARChESS)", "Mathematical Methods in Engineering and Technology (MMTT)", "Cyber-Physical Systems Design and Modeling (CYBERPHY)".

The main direction of scientific activity is Theory and Methods of Automated Technological Design of Optimal Chemical and Technological Processes and Systems (Analysis, Synthesis and Optimization).

Research Activities

• Development of digital twins and virtual prototypes of production processes;
• Development of energy efficiency improvement methods and environmental cleanliness of production, integration in industrial systems;
• Development of effective methods of analysis, synthesis and optimization of chemical and technological systems;
• Development of mathematical and software for support management decision-making;
• Neural network modeling of substances, processes and devices properties in chemical engineering;
• Development of control systems at the upper level of the automatic control system of technological process;
• Carrying out design and verification calculations of chemical-technological plants;
• Development of simulators for process operators of hazardous chemical industries.

Areas of study of the Department include:

• Technologies of system design, computer modeling and optimization of complex chemical and technological systems using dedicated packages: Aspen Hysys (Aspen Technology, USA), Unisim (Honeywell, USA), Petro-SIM (Yokogawa, Japan); - Development technologies of computer and virtual simulators and production processes based on the OmegaLand software package (Yokogawa, Japan) and the CENTUM/ProSafe integrated system;
• Development technologies of software complexes in C++, C#, Python and computer ecosystems;
• Methods of energy and resource saving in the design and reconstruction of manufacturing chains: technologies of pinch analysis, algorithmic synthesis of optimal systems, combined processes, advanced management;
• Technologies for designing and improving automated control systems at different hierarchical levels of industrial management;
• Methods of neural network modeling, artificial intelligence, development of expert systems and fuzzy logic control systems, big data processing;
• Methods of linear, nonlinear, discrete-continuous programming, software tools for their implementation;
• Methods of business planning and implementation of innovations in designing and managing chemical and technological systems.

Software and Laboratory Support

The Department has a modern laboratory for computer modeling and optimization of chemical processes and systems, equipped with high-performance computers and universal modeling programs Unisim (Honeywell, USA), OmegaLand (Yokogawa, Japan).