TY - CHAP
T1 - Introduction in Process Simulation
AU - Dimian, Alexandre C.
AU - Bildea, Costin S.
AU - Kiss, Anton A.
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - Process simulation is an important activity in process engineering covering the whole life cycle of a process, from research and development to conceptual design and plant operation. In this context, flowsheeting is a systemic description of material and energy streams in a process plant by means of computer simulation with the scope of designing the plant or understanding its operation. Steady-state flowsheeting is an everyday tool of the chemical engineer. This chapter provides an overview of computer simulation in process engineering, including the key steps in a simulation approach, the architecture of flowsheeting software and the integration of simulation tools. Particular emphasis is set on the necessity of analysing the problem before rushing to computer simulation.
AB - Process simulation is an important activity in process engineering covering the whole life cycle of a process, from research and development to conceptual design and plant operation. In this context, flowsheeting is a systemic description of material and energy streams in a process plant by means of computer simulation with the scope of designing the plant or understanding its operation. Steady-state flowsheeting is an everyday tool of the chemical engineer. This chapter provides an overview of computer simulation in process engineering, including the key steps in a simulation approach, the architecture of flowsheeting software and the integration of simulation tools. Particular emphasis is set on the necessity of analysing the problem before rushing to computer simulation.
KW - Computer-aided process engineering
KW - Process simulation
KW - Steady-state flowsheeting
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U2 - 10.1016/B978-0-444-62700-1.00002-4
DO - 10.1016/B978-0-444-62700-1.00002-4
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84907991568
T3 - Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
SP - 35
EP - 71
BT - Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
PB - Elsevier B.V.
ER -