Coordinator of the "Supervision and Process Control " reseach group, until 2020, University of Valladolid.
Receiving the Prize "Spanish Committe of Automatica" CEA-IFAC 2016 Receiving the Prize ISA-Spain to the professional 2008
Receiving the ISA Excellence in Education Award 2022, Houston, USA
CEA past-Presidents at Jornadas de Automatica, Madrid, 2016 Course in Piura, Peru 2014
Kick-off meeting of the EU project CoPro in Brussels, Nov. 2016
Presentation of COESI Course on Stochastic Programming with Victor Zavala (UW-M) Jul 2017
(Spanish Confederarion of Engineering Societies) Oct. 2016
Fields of interest
Some current research projects:
Compounding
Plant Scheduling
SABIC, factoria de Cartagena, 2024
Advanced
Components for Industrial Digital Twins (a-CIDiT)
Proyectos de I+D de Generación de Conocimiento», AEI, 2022-2024,Ref.
PID2021-123654OB-C31
Gemelo
digital industrial en línea con detección de anomalías, optimización de
rendimiento, calidad y eficiencia energética y análisis prescriptivo
Plan De Recuperación, Transformación Y Resiliencia. AEI, 2022-25, Sonae-Arauco,
CPP2021-008639
“Integrated
plant-wide control and optimization for Industry4.0” (InCO4In)
Proyectos
de I+D de Generación de Conocimiento», AEI, 2019-2021,
Ref. PGC2018-099312-B-C31
“Improved
energy and resource efficiency by better Coordination of Production in the
process industries” (CoPro)
https://www.spire2030.eu/copro
H2020 SPIRE-2, EU, Project 723575, 2016-2020
Optimal dynamic planning, scheduling and control of process plants
“PRONTO:
PROcess NeTwork Optimization for efficient and sustainable operation of
Europe’s process industries taking machinery condition and process performance into account".
http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/198507_es.html
European Industrial Doctorate, EU H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015, Project 675215, 2016-2019
“Integración de optimización y control en plantas de proceso” (INOPTCON)
Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, DPI2015-70975-P, 2016-18
Integration of MPC, RTO and scheduling in dynmic process plants
"Real-time Monitoring and Optimization of Resource Efficiency in Chemical Plants”
(MORE)
FP7-NMP-2013-SMALL-7, EU Project ID 604068 , 2013-2016
Development of REIs for improving the operation in process plants
“Operación óptima en tiempo real de sistemas de planta completa” OPEROPT
MINECO, DPI2011-37859, Ene. 2013-15,
Methods for economic optimization of complex industrial processes
“Advanced Controls for Criogenics”
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Predictive Control of the 1.8K temperature control loop in the LHC accelerator.
"Control
and optimization of distribution networks"
CICYT, DPI2009- 12805, 2010-12, Petronor
Methods for control of large scale networks and optimal decision making under uncertainty.
Network of Excellence (NoE) HYCON2 "Highly-complex
and networked control systems"
EU Framework Programme, FP7, IST, 2010-14
Control of complex, large-scale, and networked dynamical systems
.
"Energy optimization of sugar factories"
CTA, ((Azucarera Ebro, ACOR)
Optimization of a sugar factory
operation based on economical criteria.
"Optimal Operation
of Process Plants" (OOPP)
Repsol/ Petronor,
Optimal managenent of the hydrogen network in a petrol refinery
H2OCEAN "Development of a wind-wave power open-sea platform
equiped for hydrogen generation with support for multiple uses of
energy"
FP7 EU Framwork Programme, , 2011-14
Develop a multi-purpose platform for hydrogen generation in open-sea from renewable energies (wave and wind), providing also a facility for multiple uses of electrical energy in open-sea
"Development of
simulation tools for analysis, and optimization in a dynamic simulation
environment"
Empresarios Agrupados Int.,
New tools and functionalities for the simulation environment EcosimPro
FP7, KBBE, EU Framework Programme, 2008-2012,, Unidad Asociada CSIC- IIM
New paradigms for smart control of food processes. Optimization of beer filtration.
"Optimización de consumos en planta OPSM"
REPSOL Quimica, Tarragona, 2010-11
Simulation and control of two coupled distillation columns
"Modelado y supervisión de redes de distribución de gas natural"
Intergeo Tech. 2012 Simulation, fault detection and optimization of natural gas networks.
Some papers
D. Sarabia, C. de Prada,
E. Gómez, G. Gutierrez, S. Cristea, J.M. Sola, R. Gonzalez
Data reconciliation and optimal management of hydrogen networks in a petrol
refinery
Control Engineering Practice, ISSN: 0967-0661, Vol.20, Issue 4, April, 2012, pp.
343-354
A. Merino, R. Mazaeda, L.F. Acebes, R. Alves and C. Prada
Beet end training simulator
International Sugar Journal, ISSN: ISSN: 0020-884, 2012, Vol. 114, pp. 34-40
C. de Prada, G. Gutierrez
Present and future trends in process control
Ingeniería Química, edición especial ACHEMA, ISSN: 0210-2064, nº 505, año
XLIV, 2012, pp.38-42
A. M. Aguirre, C. A. Méndez, G. Gutierrez and C. de Prada
An improvement-based milp optimization approach to complex aws scheduling
Computers and Chemical Engineering, ISSN: 0098-1354, Vol. 47, 20 December 2012,
pp. 217–226,
Luis G. Palacin, Fernando Tadeo, Cesar de Prada & Khaled Touati Título:
Evaluation of the recovery of osmotic energy in desalination plants by using
pressure retarded osmosis
Desalination and Water Treatment, ISSN: 1944-3986, Aug, 2012,
DOI:10.1080/19443994.2012.715130
Luis G. Palacin, Fernando Tadeo, Cesar de Prada, Johanna Salazar
Scheduling of the membrane module rotation in RO desalination plants
Desalination and Water Treatment, ISSN: 1944-3986, Aug, 2012,
doi: 10.1080/19443994.2012.715077
Rubén Martí, Daniel Sarabia, Daniel Navia and César de Prada.
A method to coordinate decentralized NMPC controllers in oxygen distribution
networks
Computers and Chemical Engineering, ISSN: 0098-1354, Volume 59, 5 December 2013,
Pages 122–137
Rubén Martí, Daniel Sarabia and César de Prada
Price-Driven Coordination for Distributed NMPC using a Feedback Control Law
Distributed MPCMade Easy, Springer Verlag, ISBN: 978-94-007-7005-8, pp.73-88,
Dec, 2013
G. Gutierrez, L. A. Ricardez-Sandoval, H. Budman, C. de Prada
An MPC-based control structure selection approach for simultaneous process and
control design
Computers and Chemical Engineering, ISSN: 0098-1354, 2013, ref.9894R1, aceptado.
A. D. Assandri, C. de Prada, A. Rueda, J. L. Martínez.
Non linear parametric predictive temperature control of a distillation column
Control Engineering Practice, ISSN: 0967-0661, Vol. 21, Issue 12, December 2013,
pp. 1795–1806
D. Navia, D. Sarabia, G. Gutiérrez, F. Cubillos, C. de Prada.
A comparison between two methods of stochastic optimization for a dynamic
hydrogen consuming plant
Computers and Chemical Engineering, ISSN: 0098-1354, vol 63,n. pp. 219–233,
April 2014
C. de Prada
Overview: Control hierarchy of large processing plants.
Encyclopedia of Systems and Control • Article ID: 366985 • Chapter ID: 241
Springer Verlag 2014, in press
C.de Prada , S. Cristea , R. Mazaeda, L. G. Palacin
Optimum operation of a beer filtration process “Modeling, Simulation and
Optimization of Complex Process"
HPSC2012. Editores: G. Bock et al. Springer Verlag. ISBN: 978-3-319-09062-7, 2014, cap.15, pp183-194
R. Martí, D.Navia, D. Sarabia, C. de Prada
Robust Nonlinear Predictive Control of a Hydrodesulfuration Unit Using Multi-stage Stochastic Programing
Computer Aided Process Engineering series, vol. 33, ISBN: 978-0-444-63456-6, Elsevier, 2014, pp. 793-798
C. de Prada
Overview: Control hierarchy of large processing plants.
Encyclopedia of Systems and Control · Article ID: 366985 · Chapter ID: 241 Springer Verlag London 2015, Edt. J. Baillieul, T. Samad, 10.1007/978-1-4471-5058-9_241, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44184-5
R. Martí, Sergio Lucia, Daniel Sarabia, Radoslav Paulen, Sebastian Engell, Cesar de Prada
Improving Scenario Decomposition Algorithms for Robust Nonlinear Model Predictive Control
Computer and Chemical Engineering, 79 (2015) 30–45 Elsevier, ISSN: 0098-1354, 2015,
J. Salazar, F. Tadeo and C. de Prada
Modelling of diesel generator sets that assist off-grid renewable energy microgrids
Journal of Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development (RESD) Volume 1, Issue 1, June 2015, pp. 85-91 - ISSN 2356-8569
Navia, Daniel; Briceño, Luis; Gutiérrez, Gloria; De Prada, Cesar
Modifier-Adaptation Methodology for Real Time Optimization Reformulated as a Nested Optimization Problem
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, ISSN: 0888-5885, ACS,2015, 54 (48), pp 12054–12071
Daniel Navia, Diego Villegas, Iván Cornejo, César de Prada
Real Time Optimization for a Laboratory Scale Flotation
Computer and Chemical Engineering, Elsevier, ISSN: 0098-1354, 86 (2016) pp.62–74
F. Blasco, E. Pareja, T. Rodriguez, D. Sarabia, C. de Prada
SISGAS, un product español para la optimización de la medición
Industria Química, ISSN: 2340-2113, Oct. 2106, n.36 pp. 62-71, Ed Infoedita
Merino A., Alves R., Acebes L. F, Prada, C
Modeling and Simulation of a Beet Pulp Dryer for a Training Simulator
Drying Technology, Taylor & Francis, ISSN: 0737-3937, DOI:
10.1080/07373937.2016.1275674, 2016
C. de Prada, D. Sarabia, G. Gutierrez, E. Gomez, S. Marmol, M. Sola, C. Pascual,
R. Gonzalez
Integration of RTO and MPC in the hydrogen network of a petrol refinery
Processes 2017, ISSN 2227-9717, 5(1), 3; doi:10.3390/pr5010003. 7 Jan, 2017
Jose l. Pitarch, César de Prada, Daniel Sarabia,
Challenges in the Management of Cyber-physical Systems of Systems
In “Challenges in Engineering and Management of Cyber-Physical Systems of Systems”. River Publishers, Jan., 2017,
César de Prada, Daniel Sarabia,
Data Reconciliation, Optimization of Hydrogen Networks
In "Improving Resource Efficiency in the Process Industries", MORE, Edt. S. Krämer and S. Engell, Wiley-VCH, Mar. 2017
César de Prada, Jose L. Pitarch,
Real Time Optimization Systems
In "Improving Resource Efficiency in the Process Industries", MORE, Edt. S. Krämer and S. Engell, Wiley-VCH, Mar. 2017
José Luis Pitarch, Carlos G. Palacín, César de Prada, Bernhard Voglauer, Gerhard
Seyfriedsberger
Optimisation of the Resource Effciency in an Industrial Evaporation System
Journal of Process Control, Elsevier, ISSN: 0959-1524,
2017 DOI:
10.1016/j.jprocont.2017.04.002
Edt.: G. Bock et al., Springer Verlag, 2017
Tania Rodriguez, Daniel Sarabia, J.L. Pitarch, César de
Prada
Computers & Chemical Engineering, Vol.106, 480-500,
2017, Elsevier, ISSN: 0098-1354, DPI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2017.07.001
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 42 (17),
12865-12876 Elsevier, ISSN: 0360-3199, 2017
Carlos
Gomez, José Luis Pitarch, Christian Jasch, Carlos A Méndez, César de Prada,
Computers & Chemical Engineering, Elsevier, ISSN: 0098-1354, 110 (2018) pp
140–151
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2017.12.005
César de Prada, Daniel Sarabia,
Data Pretreatment Resource Efficiency of Processing
Plants: Monitoring and Improvement, Edt. S. Krämer and S. Engell, Wiley-VCH,
ISBN 978-3-527-34074-3, 2018, Cap.8, pp. 181-201
César de Prada, Jose L. Pitarch,
Resource Efficiency of Processing Plants: Monitoring
and Improvement, Edt. S. Krämer and
S. Engell, Wiley-VCH, ISBN 978-3-527-34074-3, 2018, Cap.11, pp.265-291
T. Rodríguez-Blanco, D. Sarabia, C. de Prada
Revista Iberoamericana de Automatica e Informática
Industrial RIAI, CEA,
ISSN 1697-7912,
https://doi.org/10.4995/riai.2017.8846, Vol. 15, N. 2, pp133-144 (2018)
Marc Kalliski, José Luis Pitarch,
Christian Jasch, César de Prada
Revista Iberoamericana de Automatica e Informática Industrial RIAI, CEA,
ISSN 1697-7912, 16
(2019) pp. 26-35
https://doi.org/10.4995/riai.2018.9233
Tania Rodríguez-Blanco, Daniel Sarabia; César de Prada
Computers & Chemical Engineering,
Elsevier, ISSN: 0098-1354, pp. 372-382, vol 122, March 2019,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2018.08.015
Rogelio Mazaeda, César de Prada, Smaranda P. Cristea,
Computers and Chemical Engineering, , Elsevier, ISSN: 0098-1354,
Volume 125, 9
June 2019, Pages 1-12,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2019.03.005
Jose
Luis Pitarch, Antonio Sala, Cesar de Prada
Processes, ISSN 2227-9717, Processes 2019, 7, 170;
doi:10.3390/pr7030170
L. F.
Acebes, A. Merino, A. Rodriguez, R. Mazaeda, C. de Prada
Journal of Process Control 80 (2019) pp.1–14, Elsevier, ISSN: 0959-1524, ,
pp.1–14, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprocont.2019.05.005
A.
Galan, C. de Prada. G. Gutierrez, D. Sarabia, I. E. Grossmann, R. Gonzalez
Optimization and Engineering, Springer Verlag, ISSN: 1389-4420, Ref:
OPTE-2019-3, Special Issue on Enterprise-wide optimization,
doi.org/10.1007/s11081-019-09446-1, vol
20, pp.1191–1192,
Jun 2019
Rogelio Mazaeda, Smaranda P. Cristea, César de Prada
Optimal Control, Applications and Methods, special issue on "MPC for
Energy Systems: Economic and Distributed Approaches” J. Wiley, Online
ISSN:1099-1514, Vol.41, Issue 1, pp. 190-214, DOI: 10.1002/oca.2535, Jan 2020
Pedro Santos, Alberto Vicente, César de Prada, Ángel
García,
Control Engineering Practice, Elsevier,
ISSN: 0967-0661, Vol 94, 104213, Jan. 2020 ,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2019.104213
María
del Rosario Rodero; Andrea Carvajal; Víctor Castro; Daniel Navia; César de
Prada; Raquel Lebrero; Raul Muñoz
Biomass
and Bioenergy, ISSN: 0961-9534, No.:
JBB-D-19-00677, aceptado, Oct. 2019
C.G.
Palacin, C.A. Mendez, C. de Prada
Chemical Engineering Transactions, Volume 74, pp. 1321-1326, (2019), ISBN
978-88-95608-71-6,
https://doi.org/10.3303/CET1974221
María del Rosario Rodero, Andrea Carvajala, Zouhayr Arbib,
Enrique Lara, César de Prada, Raquel Lebrero, Raúl Muñoz
Bioresource Technology, Elsevier, ISSN: 0960-8524, special issue: 'New Horizons
in Biotechnology', ,ref.
BITE-D-20-00880 aceptado Mar. 2020
Maria P. Marcos, Jose Luis Pitarch, Cesar De Prada
Decision Support Systems, Elsevier, ISSN: 0167-9236,
Volume 137, October
2020, 113380
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2020.113380
A. Galan, C. de Prada, G.
Gutierrez, D. Sarabia, R. Gonzalez
Journal of Process Control, Elsevier,
ISSN:
0959-1524, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprocont.2021.02.003
E. Oliveira, C. de Prada, D. Navia
ç
Computers &Chemical Engineering, Elsevier, ISSN: 0098-1354, Vol.149, Jun..
2021
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2021.107282.
C.
Vilas, J. L Pitarch, C. de Prada, C. G. Palacin, A.A. Alonso
Journal of Food Engineering,
Elsevier,
ISSN: ISSN: 0260-8774,
Vol 304
(2021) 110594 pp. 1-16, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2021.110594
E. Oliveira, C. de Prada, D. Navia
Computer Aided Process
Engineering series, part B, vol. 33, ISBN:
978-0-323-98326-9, Elsevier, 2021, pp.
1253-1258
María P Marcos, José Luis Pitarch, Cesar de Prada
Processes, MDPI, ISSN: 2227-9717, vol 9, 1203. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9071203,
July. 2021
de Prada,
C., Galán-Casado, S., Pitarch, J.L., Sarabia, D., Galán, A., Gutiérrez, G.
Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial, RIAI, CEA, ISSN:
1697-7912,
https://doi.org/10.4995/riai.2022.16901
Jun. 2022, Vol.19, (3) pp. 285-296
E.
Oliveira-Silva, C. de Prada, D. Montes, D. Navia
Computers &Chemical Engineering, Elsevier, ISSN: 0098-1354,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2023.108205
Jan.2023
C. G. Palacín, J. L. Pitarch, C. Vilas, C. de
Prada
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, ACS, ISSN: 0888-5885,
DOI:
10.1021/acs.iecr.3c00754
May 2023
Erika
Oliveira-Silva, J. M. Zamarreño, C. de Prada, D. Navia
Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory
ISSN: 1569-190X,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simpat.2023.102821 Ago.
2023
T. Garcia Garcia-Verdier, G. Gutierrez, .
Mendez,
C. de Prada
Optimization of crude oil operations scheduling by applying a two-stage
stochastic programming approach with risk management.
Journal of Process Control,
ISSN:
0959-1524, Elsevier
Daniel Montes; José Luis Pitarch; César de Prada
Computers & Industrial Engineering
ISSN: 0360-8352,
Elsevier, ID: CAIE-D-23-00776, ,
doi:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2024.110393
July 2024
Irina Bausa, Raúl Muñoz, Andrés F. Torres-Franco, Smaranda
P. Cristea, Cesar de Prada
Algal
Research,
ISSN 2211-9264, Elsevier, ID:
ALGAL-D-24-00729,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2025.103917 Ene. 2025
International Conferences, last 5 years
An improvement-based MILP optimization approach to complex AWS scheduling
Adrián M. Aguirre, Carlos A. Méndez, Gloria Gutierrez and
Cesar de Prada
Foundations of Computer-AidedProcess Operations FOCAPO 2012, CACHE, Savannah,
Georgia, USA 8-12/2/2012, paper 36
Two-Scale Modelling of the Concentration Polarization
in a Reverse Osmosis Membrane
L.G. Palacin, C. Theodoropoulos, X. Weiguo, F. Tadeo, C.
de Prada, J. Salazar
Chemical Process Control VIII, CPC 2012, CACHE, Savannah, Georgia, USA
8-12/2/2012, paper: 29
2nd Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems, ACODS, Invited
session, India Inst. of Science, Febr.
16-18, 2012, Bangalore, India
Optimum operation of a beer filtration process
5th Int. Conf. High Performace Scientific Computing, (Modeling, Simulation and
Optimization of Complex Processes), HPSC12
March 5-9, 2012, Hanoi, Vietnam, pg. 168
IFTtune: a PID automatic tuning software tool
R. Mazaeda, C. de Prada
IFAC Conference on Advances in PID Control, PID'12
28-30 March 2012, Brescia, Italia, paper 146
Evaluation of the possibility of recovering osmotic energy in the retentate of
desalination plants by using Pressure Retarded Osmosis.
Luis G. Palacin, Fernando Tadeo, Cesar de Prada
Desalination for the environment, clean water and energy, EDS, April 23–26, 2012
Barcelona, Spain (paper 420)
Shared Resources Management by Price Coordination
R. Martí, C. de Prada, D. Navia, D. Sarabia
22European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE22, EFCE,
17-20 Jun. 2012, London, UK, Ref: ESC/341
Automated manufacturing system scheduling. An optimization approach
A. M. Aguirre, C. A. Méndez, P. M. Castro, C. de Prada
22European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE22, EFCE,
17-20 Jun. 2012, London, UK
Laboratory Plant of a Gas Distribution Network
D. Navia, R. Martí, D.Sarabia, C. de Prada
9th IFAC Symposium Advances in Control Education, ACE 2012, IFAC
19-21 Jun. Nizhny Novgorod, Rusia (Paper ID: 73, Contributed Paper)
Self-optimizing control structure for an industrial diesel hydrodesulfurization
plant
E. G. Sayalero, C. de Prada, S. Skogestad and R. González
PSE 2012, Number : 280, Category: Modeling and Optimization,
July 15-19, 2012, Singapore
An optimization scheduling framework for automated manufacturing systems
Adrian Aguirre, Carlos Mendez, Pedro Castro and Cesar de Prada
PSE 2012, Number : 322, Category:
July 15-19, 2012, Singapore
Implementing optimal hydrogen networks management
C. de Prada, G. Gutierrez, D. Sarabia, E. Gómez, C. A. Méndez, J. M. Sola, R.
González
Int. Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, ADCHEM 2012, IFAC,
11-13 Jul. 2012, Singapore, Paper ID: 144, Invited session “Application of
Process Systems Engineering Tools to Energy Related Processes”
Handling Infeasibilities in Dual Modifier-Adaptation Methodology for Real-Time
Optimization
D. Navia, R. Martí, D. Sarabia, G. Gutierrez, C. de Prada
Int. Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, ADCHEM 2012, IFAC,
11-13 Jul. 2012, Singapore, Paper ID: 78, Regular Paper
An optimization-based framework for the scheduling of Automated Manufacturing
Systems
Adrián M. Aguirre, Carlos A. Méndez, Cesar de Prada
Int. Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, ADCHEM 2012, IFAC,
11-13 Jul. 2012, Singapore (Paper ID: 124, Regular Paper)
Reduced Model of a Beer Microfiltration Plant
Smaranda Cristea, Rogelio Mazaeda, Luis Palacin, Cesar de Prada
Int. Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, ADCHEM 2012, IFAC,
11-13 Jul. 2012, Singapore (Paper ID:160 )
Modeling of MicroSource for Microgrid during Island Operation
J. Salazar, F. Tadeo, C. de Prada
International Conference on Communications, Computing and Control Applications.
(CCCA'12)
December 06–08, 2012 Marseille, France
Optimal operation of a beer filtration process
S. Cristea, C. de Prada, R. Mazaeda
Workshop: Advances in Modelling, Control and Optimization of Food Processes
(CAFÉ) in the 2012 EFFoST Annual Meeting (European Federation of Food Science
and Technology)
Montpellier, France, 20 November 2012, paper 0344
Modelling and monitoring of natural gas networks
T. Rodríguez, D. Sarabia, M. Valbuena, C. de Prada
European Gas Technology Conference, EGATEC 2013, GERG network.
Paris (France) May 30-31, 2013.
Hycon 2 Network Show Case: Sugar Factory
A. Rodriguez, L. F. Acebes, R. Mazaeda, A. Merino, and C. de Prada
The Fifth International Conference on Advances in System Simulation, SIMUL 2013
Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-61208-308-7, pp 7-12
Venice, Italy, Oct. 27 – Nov. 1, 2013
Control Proposal for Pressure Retarded Osmosis
K. Touati, F. Tadeo, C. de Prada
3rd International Conference on Systems and Control, Paper ID: 48
Algiers, Algeria, October 29-31, 2013
Nested Modifier-Adaptation for RTO in the Otto Williams Reactor
D.Navia, G. Gutierrez, C. de Prada
10th IFAC International Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, (DYCOPS
2013) (Paper ID: 101, Regular Paper)
Mombay, India, 18-20 Dic. 2013
Coordination of distributed model predictive controllers using price-driven
coordination and sensitivity analysis.
R. Martí, D. Sarabia, D. Navia,, C. de Prada
10th IFAC International Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, (DYCOPS
2013) (Paper ID: 35, Regular Paper)
Mombay, India, 18-20 Dic. 2013
Optimal Control of Beer Filtration Process
S. P. Cristea, R.Mazaeda, C. de Prada
10th IFAC International Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, (DYCOPS
2013) (Paper ID: 156, Regular Paper, Best presentation of the session)
Mombay, India, 18-20 Dic. 2013
Robust Nonlinear Predictive Control of a Hydrodesulfuration Unit Using Multi-stage
Stochastic Programing
R. Martí, D.Navia, D. Sarabia, C. de Prada
24 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE24, EFCE
Budapest, Hungary, 15-18 June, 2014
Sugar Crystallization Benchmark
R. Mazaeda, C. de Prada, L. F. Acebes, A. Rodríguez, S. Engell
24 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE24, EFCE
Budapest, Hungary, 15-18 June, 2014
Modelling and optimization of natural gas networks
T. Rodríguez, D. Sarabia, M.Valbuena, C. de Prada
24 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE24, EFCE
Budapest, Hungary, 15-18 June, 2014
Optimal Allocation of Shared Resources in an Integrated Sugar Production Plant
R. Hernández, L. Simora, R. Paulen, S. Wegerhoff, R. Mazaeda, S. Engell, C. de
Prada
24 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE24, EFCE
Budapest, Hungary, 15-18 June, 2014
Sugar process management show case
Cesar de Prada, L. Simora, R. Hernandez, S. Engell, R. Mazaeda, A. Rodriguez, F.
Acebes
HYCON2 Workshop "Control of large-scale distributed and cooperating systems:
Recent achievements within the Network of Excellence HYCON2", ECC 2014
Strasbourg, France, 24 June,2014
Data reconciliation and real-time optimization of the hydrogen network in a
refinery
Cesar de Prada, E. Gomez, Daniel Sarabia and Gloria Gutierrez
HYCON2 Workshop "Control of large-scale distributed and cooperating systems:
Recent achievements within the Network of Excellence HYCON2", ECC 2014
Strasbourg, France, 24 June,2014
Optimal Operation of a Petrol Refinery Hydrogen Network
E. Gomez, G. Gutierrez, D. Sarabia, R. Gonzalez, M.Sola, S.Marmol, C. de Prada
20th, IFORS 2014, Int. Federation of Operational Research Societies
Barcelona 13-18 Jul, 2014
Library for Dynamic Simulations of Microgrids with mixed Renewable Energy
Sources
J. Salazar, F. Tadeo, C. de Prada
19th IFAC World Congress, (IFAC WC 2014), pp.3599-3604
Cape Town, Southafrica, 24-29 August, 2014
Mixed Modifier-Adaptation for RTO in a Continuous Bioreactor
D. Navia, G. Gutiérrez, C. de Prada
19th IFAC World Congress, (IFAC WC 2014), pp.2734-2739
Cape Town, Southafrica, 24-29 August, 2014
Distributed Stochastic Optimization of a Process Plant Start-up
R. Martí, D. Navia, D. Sarabia, C. de Prada
19th IFAC World Congress, (IFAC WC 2014), pp. 7635-7640
Cape Town, Southafrica, 24-29 August, 2014
Modelling and simulation of the non-ideal mixing behaviour of the
crystallization stage in a sugar factory batch crystallizer
D. Tejerina, R. Mazaeda, C. de Prada
26th European Modeling & Simulation Symposium, EMSS 2014,
Bordeaux, France, September 22-24, 2014, paper 28
Hierarchical control of large complex plants
S. Cristea, R. Mazaeda, C. de Prada
Workshop on Tools and Methods for Cyber-Physical Systems of Systems,
Bertinoro, Italy, September 12, 2014, at IFM2014
Non-linear Moving Horizon State Estimation
and Control for the Superfluid Helium Cryogenic Circuit at the Large Hadron
Collider
R. Noga, C. de Prada, T. Ohtsuka, E. Blanco, J. Casas
53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC2014
Los Angeles, California, USA., 15-17 Dec, 2014, Submission No. 1722
Optimal operation of an evaporation process
J.L. Pitarch, C.G. Palacin , A. Merino, C. De Prada
6th International Conference on High Performance Scientific Computing
Hanoi, Vietnam, March 16-20, 2015,
Plant-wide hierarchical optimal control of a
crystallization process
R. Mazaeda, S. P. Cristea, C. de Prada
Int. Symposium on advanced Controlof Chemical Processes, ADCHEM2015, IFAC
Invited session on Modeling, Control and Optimization of Energy Generating
Systems“
Wishtler, British Columbia, Canada, 7-10 June, 2015, submission 188
Gross errors management in data reconciliation
M.J. Fuente, G. Gutierrez, E. Gomez, D. Sarabia, C. de Prada
Int. Symposium on advanced Control of Chemical Processes, ADCHEM2015, IFAC
Wishtler, British Columbia, Canada, 7-10 June, 2015, submission 214
Modifier-Adaptation methodology for RTO applied to Distillation Columns
T. Rodríguez-Blanco, D. Sarabia, C. De Prada
Int. Symposium on advanced Control of Chemical Processes, ADCHEM2015, IFAC
Invited session on “Control and Optimization Challenges in Oil and Gas
industries“
Wishtler, British Columbia, Canada, 7-10 June, 2015, submission 192
An Efficient Distributed Algorithm for Multi-Stage Robust Nonlinear Predictive
Control
R.Marti, S. Lucia, D. Sarabia, R. Paulen, S. Engell, C. de Prada
European Control Conference, ECC2015, EUCA
Linz, Austria, 15-17 July, 2015, submission 78
NMPC for super fluid helium cryogenics
Rafal Noga, Toshiyuki Ohtsuka, Cesar de Prada, Enrique Blanco, Juan Casas
5th IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control, NMPC'15
Seville, September 17-20, 2015
Hierarchical Optimal Operation of Continuous-Batch Processes
Cesar de Prada, S. P. Cristea, R. Mazaeda
5th IFAC Conference on Nonlinear Model Predictive Control, NMPC'15
Seville, September 17-20, 2015, invited semi-plenary speaker
Energy consumption optimization in an evaporation process using NLP and a
reformulated modifier-adaptation methodology
J.L. Pitarch, D. Sarabia, T. Rodríguez, C.G. Palacín, C. de Prada
10th European Congress of Chemical Engineering, ECCE2015, EFCE
Nize, France, 27 sept- 1 Oct. 2015, Submission-1498
Resource efficiency indicators applied to refinery hydrogen networks
E. Gómez, G. Gutiérrez, D. Sarabia, S. Mármol, J.M. Sola, C. Pascual, R.
González, C. de Prada
10th European Congress of Chemical Engineering, ECCE2015, EFCE
Nize, France, 27 sept- 1 Oct. 2015, Submission-1414
PID_TUNE: A PID autotuning software tool on UNICOS CPC
R. Martí, B. Bradu, E. Blanco, L. Frutos, R. Mazaeda, C. de Prada
ICALEPCS15, Int. Conf. On Accelerators & Large Scale Experimental Physics
Control Systems
17-23 Oct. 2015 Melbourne
Efficient modelling and RTO of stationary systems: Application into an
evaporation process
C.G. Palacín, J.L. Pitarch and C. De Prada
SIMUL2015, SCS,
Modifier-Adaptation approach to deal with
structural and parametric uncertainty
T. Rodríguez-Blanco, D. Sarabia, C. De Prada
11th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, DYCOPS-CAB
Trondheim, Norway, June 6-8, 2016
Optimal management of hydrogen in a petrol Refinery
E. G. Sayalero, D. Sarabia, G. Gutierrez, S. Marmol, J. M. Sola, C. Pascual, R.
Gonzalez and C. de Prada
European Control Conference, ECC16, EUCA
Aalborg, Denmark, 29 June 1st July 1, 2016
Optimal scheduling of evaporation lines with time-varying capacities and
decaying performance
C.Mendez, C. Gomez, J. Pitarch, C. de Prada
28th European Conference on Operational Research, EURO 2016, EURO
Poznan, Poland, 3-6 July, 2016.
Tania Rodríguez-Blanco, Daniel Sarabia, Cesar de Prada,
IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control MSC2016, Submission No. 246
Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 19-22, 2016
Distributed Nonlinear Control of a Nonisothermal Plug-flow Reactor
Jose Luis Pitarch, Mohsen Rakhshan, Mohammad Mehdi Mardani, Mokhtar Sha Sadeghi,
Cesar de Prada
2nd IFAC Workshop on Thermodynamic Foundations of Mathematical Systems Theory,
(TFMST 2016), Paper ID: 11
Predictive Control of Microgrids with Mixed Sources for Desalination in Remote
Areas
J. Salazar, F. Tadeo, C. de Prada
IFAC and CIGRE/CIRED Workshop on Control of Transmission and Distribution Smart
Grids, (Paper ID: 38, Regular Paper)
Prague, Czech Republic, October 11-13, 2016
Modifier Adaptation Approach Using RELS to compute Process Gradients
T. Rodríguez-Blanco, D. Sarabia and C. De Prada
FOCAPO-CPC 2017, paper 42
Tucson, Arizona, January 8-12, 2017
Robust Multi-objective Scheduling for an Industrial
Evaporation System
C.G. Palacín, J.L. Pitarch, C. de Prada, C.A. Méndez
25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and
Automation, MED 2017
Malta, 3-6 Jul.2017
An efficient way to tackle uncertainty in the
scheduling of a continuous evaporation system
27 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE27, EFCE
Barcelona, 1-5 Oct. 2017
Resource efficiency indicators usefulness for
decision-making process of operators: refinery hydrogen network case study.
Galan, C. De Prada, G. Gutierrez, D. Sarabia, R. Gonzalez,
M. Sola, S. Marmol, C. Pascual
27 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE27, EFCE
Barcelona, 1-5 Oct. 2017
Nested Modifier Adaptation for RTO correcting the
Lagrangian gradients applied to the Otto Williams reactor
27 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE27, EFCE
Barcelona, 1-5 Oct. 2017
Modifier- Adaptation based on transient measurements
applied to a laboratory- scale flotation column
T. Rodríguez-Blanco, A. Puen, D. Navia, D. Sarabia, C. de
Prada
27 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE27, EFCE
Barcelona, 1-5 Oct. 2017
Developing Grey Box Dynamic
Process Models
C. de
Prada, D. Hose, G. Gutierrez, J.L. Pitarch
9th Vienna International Conference on Mathematical Modelling, MATHMOD
2018 IFAC
Vienna, 21-23 Feb, 2018 (Paper 66,
Full contribution)
Modelling, simulation and
parameters estimation for gas networks
T.
Rodriguez, D. Sarabia, C. de Prada
9th Vienna International Conference on Mathematical Modelling, MATHMOD
2018 IFAC
Vienna,
21-23 Feb, 2018
(Paper ID: 10)
Optimal Plant-wide Control at the Interface of the Evaporation and
Crystallization Stages of a Sugar Factory
Rogelio Mazaeda, César de Prada, Smaranda P. Cristea
25th AVH Symposium, Sugar crystallization: Optimizing and Process Control
Reims, France, 12 April 2018
Optimal Operation of a combined continuous –batch
process
Cesar de Prada, Rogelio Mazaeda and Smaranda P. Cristea
Process Systems Engineering, PSE 2018
S. Diego, USA, July 1-5, 2018, Confirmation Number: 457
Support to decision making in a semi-continuous canning process
Carlos G. Palacín, José L. Pitarch, C. de Prada, Carlos A.
Méndez, Miguel Lopez
29th European conference on Operational Research, Euro2018
Valencia, 8-11 July, 2018
Two-Stage Stochastic Optimization of a hydrogen network
G. Gutierrez, A. S. Galán, D. Sarabia, C. de Prada
10th IFAC Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical
Processes ADCHEM2018
Shenyang, China July 25 - 27, 2018, n. 142
alidation of a hydrogen network RTO application for
decision support of refinery operators
Anibal Galan, Cesar De Prada, Gloria Gutierrez, Daniel
Sarabia, Rafael Gonzalez, Mikel Sola, Sergio Marmol
10th IFAC Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical
Processes ADCHEM2018
Shenyang, China July 25 - 27, 2018, n. 126
On Stiction Compensation Methods for Practical Nonlinear MPC Implementations
J. L. Pitarch, P. Santos, C. de Prada
22nd International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing, ICSTCC
2018, IEEE-CSS
10-12 Oct. 2018, Sinaia, Romania, Paper No. 63
Modeling and real-time optimisation of an industrial cooling-water network
M. P. Marcos, J. L. Pitarch, C. Jasch, C. de Prada
22nd International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing, ICSTCC
2018, IEEE, CSS
10-12 Oct. 2018, Sinaia, Romania, Paper No. 184
Modifier Adaptation using transient measurements to compute plant gradients
Tania Rodriguez-Blanco, Daniel Sarabia, Cesar de Prada
7th International Conference on Systems and Control, ICSC18, IEEE
October 24-26, 2018, Valencia, Spain, Paper No. 37
Energy-efficient Operation of a Medium Density
Fibreboard Dryer Through Nonlinear MPC
Pedro
Santos, Jose L. Pitarch, Cesar de Prada
12th
IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems,
(DYCOPS 2019),
IFAC,
Florianópolis, Brasil, 23-26, April, 2019, (Paper ID: 49, Invited Paper)
Predictive Simulation Applied to Refinery Hydrogen Networks for Operators'
Decision Support
Anibal Galan, Cesar de Prada, Gloria Gutierrez, Daniel Sarabia, Rafael Gonzalez
12th
IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems,
(DYCOPS 2019),
IFAC,
Florianópolis, Brasil, 23-26, April, 2019, (Paper ID: 107, Regular Paper)
Optimal
Coordination of Batch Processes with Shared Resources
Carlos G. Palacín, C. de Prada
12th
IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems,
(DYCOPS 2019),
IFAC,
Florianópolis, Brasil, 23-26, April, 2019 (Paper ID: 160, Regular Paper)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.06.164
A
Sum-Of-Squares Constrained Regression Approach for Process Modelling
Jose
Luis Pitarch, Antonio Sala, Cesar de Prada
12th
IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems,
(DYCOPS 2019),
IFAC,
Florianópolis, Brasil, 23-26, April, 2019 (Paper ID: 185, Regular Paper)
Slots
startup synchronization with shared resources dependency
Carlos G. Palacín, Carlos A. Méndez, Cesar de Prada
14th
International Conference on Chemical and Process Engineering, ICheap 14,
AIDIC,
26-29 May 2019, Bologna, Italy
Optimal
Distributed Load Allocation and Resource Utilization in Evaporation Plants
M. P.
Marcos, J. L. Pitarch, C. Jasch and C. de Prada
Machine
learning and the digital era from a Process Systems Engineering perspective
Jose
L. Pitarch, C. de Prada
10th
Eurosim Congress, Federation of European Simulation Societies, Eurosim2019
July
1-5, 2019, La Rioja, Spain, n.23
Methodology to achieve convergence in a rigorous dynamic model of a
superfractionator
Erika
Oliveira da Silva, Cesar de Prada
10th
Eurosim Congress, Federation of European Simulation Societies, Eurosim2019
July
1-5, 2019, La Rioja, Spain, n.42
Optimal
Scheduling and Operation of a Food Industrial Plant
G. P.
Georgiadis, C. Ziogou, B. Mariño, D., M., C. G. Palacín, C. de Prada, C. Vilas,
A. A. Alonso, M, C. Georgiadis
12th
EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, ECCE12
EFCE,
15-19 September 2019, Florence, Italy. ID: 121
Energy-efficient Operation of a Multi-unit Recovery Cycle in
EU’s largest Viscose Fiber Plant.
José
Luis Pitarch, Christian Jasch, Marc Kalliski, Yannik-Noel Misz, María P. Marcos,
César de Prada, Gerhard Seyfriedsberger, Sebastian Engell
12th
EUROPEAN CONGRESS OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, ECCE12
EFCE,
15-19 September 2019, Florence, Italy . ID: 459
Closed-loop Scheduling in a canned food factory
C. G.
Palacín, C. Vilas, A. A. Alonso, J. L. Pitarch, C. de Prada
21st
IFAC World Congress, IFAC
Berlin,
Germany, July 12-17, 2020, Paper ID: 1886
Optimization of a heat-exchanger network
M. P.
Marcos, J. L. Pitarch, C. de Prada
21st
IFAC World Congress, IFAC
Berlin,
Germany, July 12-17, 2020, paper ID: 3051
Modelling for simulation of a
fiberwood manufacturing process
H. El Bahja, J. L. Pitarch, F. Tadeo, C. de Prada
5th International Conference on Natural
Fibers, ICNF2021
17-19
May, 2021,
Paper ID: 122
Economic MPC with Modifier Adaptation using Transient Measurements
Erika
Oliveira-Silva, Cesar de Prada, Daniel Navia
31st
European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE31, EFCE,
CAPE-WP, Selected as Keynote.
Istanbul, Turkey, June 6-9th, 2021, paper ID: 161
Application of SOS-constrained regression to model unknown reaction kinetics
J. L.
Pitarch, D. Montes, C. de Prada, A. Sala
11th
IFAC Int. Symp. on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes, ADCHEM 2021, 13-16
Jun. 2021, Venicce, Italy
Paper
ID: 12, Regular Paper
Modeling and simulation of anoxic-aerobic algal-bacterial photobioreactor for
nutrients removal
Bausa, I., Muñoz, R., Podar, S., de Prada, C.
32st European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE32, EFCE,
CAPE-WP,
Toulouse, France, June 12-152h, 2022, paper ID: 219
Decomposition of Two-stage Stochastic Scheduling Problems via Similarity Index
Montes, Daniel; Pitarch, José Luis; de Prada, Cesar
32st
European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE32, EFCE,
CAPE-WP,
Toulouse, France, June 12-152h, 2022, paper ID: 433
The
Similarity Index to Decompose Two-Stage Stochastic Scheduling Problems
D.
Montes, J.L. Pitarch, C.de Prada
13th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including
Biosystems, (DYCOPS 2022)
Busan, S. Korea, June 14-17, 2022, paper ID:34
Minimizing risk in the scheduling of crudes in an oil refinery
T. García García-Verdier, G. Gutiérrez, C. Méndez, C. G.
Palacín, C. de Prada
13th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including
Biosystems, (DYCOPS 2022)
Busan, S. Korea, June 14-17, 2022, paper ID:
187
Erika
Oliveira-Silva, Cesar de Prada, Daniel Navia
13th
IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, including Biosystems,
(DYCOPS 2022)
Busan,
S. Korea, June 14-17, 2022, paper ID: 162
Optimizing crude oil operations scheduling using Similarity Index decomposition
García García-Verdier, T, Montes, D., Gutiérrez, G.,
Méndez, C., de Prada, C.
11th World Congress of Chemical Engineering
Application of Dynamic Modifier Estimation to an Industrial Propane-propylene
Splitter"
Erika Oliveira-Silva, Cesar de Prada, Daniel Navia
11th World Congress of Chemical Engineering
Parameter estimation approach applied to microalgae-bacteria Photobioreactor
Irina Bausa, Raul Muñoz, Smaranda Podar, Cesar de Prada
33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
(ESCAPE33)
June 18-21, 2023, Athens, Greece, paper 401
Evaluation of two-stage stochastic programming applied to the optimization of
crude oil operations scheduling
Tomas Garcia Garcia-Verdier, Gloria Gutierrez, Carlos
Mendez, Cesar de Prada
33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
(ESCAPE33)
June 18-21, 2023, Athens, Greece
Extending the SI Decomposition to Continuous-Time Two-Stage Scheduling Problems
Daniel Montes, José Luis Pitarch, César de Prada
33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering
(ESCAPE33)
June 18-21, 2023, Athens, Greece, paper 275
Decomposing Two-Stage Stochastic Scheduling Problems on a continuous-time basis
via Slot Similarity
D. Montes, Jose L. Pitarch, C. de Prada
IFAC World Congress 2023
July 9-14, 2023, Yokohama, Japan, paper ID:1902
Optimizing the monthly scheduling of crudes in a terminal-refinery system
IFAC World Congress 2023
T. J. García García-Verdier, G. Gutierrez, C. A. Méndez,
C. de Prada
July 9-14, 2023, Yokohama, Japan, Paper ID: 2243
Stochastic scheduling of a multiproduct pipeline using Similarity Index
decomposition
D. Montes, J.L.Pitarch, C. de Prada
12th International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes
ADCHEM24,
14-17 July, 2024, Toronto, Canada, Paper ID: 177
Optimizing crude oil operations scheduling considering blending in tanks
T. García García-Verdier, G. Gutierrez, C. A. Méndez, C.
de Prada
12th International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes
ADCHEM24,
14-17 July, 2024, Toronto, Canada, Paper ID: 192
Robust performance in MPC applications by gain consistency
S. Marmol, R. Gonzalez, C. de Prada
Process Control 2025, IEEE Checoslovaquia Sec.
3-6 Jun., Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia, Paper ID: 065
CEA Comité Español de Automática
President 2010-2014
IFAC International Federation of Automatic Control
Member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Chemical Process Control
ISA International Society for Systems and Automation (former Instrument Society of America)
Member of ISA-Spain
SCS Society for Computer Simulation International
Member of SCS
Promotor of
COESI (Confederación Española de Sociedades de
Ingeniería)