Industrial Process Systems Engineering: Identification and Realization of Economic Potentials
Systematic methods and tools for managing the complexity
Keynote Lectures: Theme-4
Keywords: chemical industry, process systems engineering, methods, tools
A. Bode, E. Uerdingen, T. Wisniewski
BASF AG, Process Systems Engineering, GCT/R – L544, D – 67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany
Email: andreas.bode@basf.com
Highly integrated production networks in the modern chemical industry require methods and tools for process analysis and visualization. Technical feasibility, production cost, as well as safety and environmental issues have to be tackled when process improvement ideas are generated. Industrial Process Systems Engineering is assessing the whole chemical process and provides an interface between technical expertise and process economics during different stages of process improvement.
The method presented here is a consequent approach starting from the circle of problem definition, ideas generation and evaluation of potential cost savings. After, usually multiple, iterations within this circle, measures, cost and risks of the ideas have to be identified for potential investment projects.
Tools to support the generation of ideas are existing for
- analysis of the basic cost structure of the process
- identification of maximum cost saving potentials and
- detailed analysis of mass-, energy-, and cost flows.
The detailed analysis of mass-, energy-, and cost flows is based on a software tool for modelling, calculation and visualization of process systems. Thermodynamic modelling is not possible within this environment for the sake of other advantages: Vertical model integration is possible by incorporation of different levels of detail within one model. For horizontally integrated modelling, process models along the value chain can be coupled.
Presented Wednesday 19, 17:05 to 17:45, in session Keynote Lectures: Theme-4 (T4-K2).
