Computers & Chemical Engineering, Vol.24, No.2-7, 1529-1533, 2000
Computer-integrated tools for batch process development
In the current environment of intense market competition, batch process industries stand to benefit from faster process development. Operating procedure synthesis (OPS) and process hazards analysis (PHA) are two time-consuming areas in batch process development because they are often manually performed. Recently, two intelligent systems - iTOPS and Batch HAZOPExpert (BHE) were developed in our research group to automate OPS and PHA. In this paper, the architecture of the full integration of the two systems is presented. Two applications from specialty chemical industry are presented to demonstrate the utility of the integrated system.