Tae Hoon Oh
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology · Engineering
About the Lab
Professor Tae Hoon Oh's research lab specializes in advanced process systems engineering with a focus on digital transformation in chemical and bioprocess industries. The lab develops integrated modeling, optimization, and control strategies—particularly combining model predictive control, reinforcement learning, and digital twin technologies—for efficient and sustainable operation of complex separation and bioproduction systems. Key research directions include smart control of bioreactors, optimal design of simulated moving bed (SMB) chromatography with side streams, and data-driven process intensification using predictive modeling and machine learning. The lab emphasizes real-time decision-making, computational efficiency, and industrial applicability through frameworks like the gPROMS Digital Application Platform.
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Selected Papers
15Abstract As the digital transformation of the bioprocess is progressing, several studies propose to apply data‐based methods to obtain a substrate feeding strategy that minimizes the operating cost of a semi‐batch bioreactor. However, the negligent application of model‐free reinforcement learning (RL) has a high chance to fail on improving the existing control policy because the available amount of data is limited. In this article, we propose an integrated algorithm of double‐deep Q‐network and
To mitigate the online computational load of model predictive control, move blocking, which parameterises either the input sequence or offset from the base sequence by fixing the decision variables over arbitrary time intervals, is commonly used. However, existing move blocking schemes use a fixed base sequence only and do not fully exploit the valuable properties from various base sequences. Thus, we propose the interpolated solution-based move blocking strategy which parameterises the offset f
To obtain aromatic compounds from a crude mixture such as reformate or pyrolysis gasoline, three different processes are simulated with the realistic composition of reformate and product specification. Simulations were performed by Aspen Plus supported with COSMO-RS method to predict the physical and thermodynamic properties of ionic liquid. Furthermore, utility analysis and economic evaluation are presented. Conventionally, aromatic compounds are extracted from a crude mixture either by extract
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