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A virtual plant modeller (VPMOD) for batch-chemical processes

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This paper presents a virtual plant modeller (VPMOD), which formally characterizes and integrates chemical product designs, batch-chemical equipment (plants), the real-time scheduling of chemical batches, and the control of chemical transport through the plant. These models provide a framework for agile batch-chemical manufacturing that has the ability to reroute and control chemical product flow automatically in a flexible plant subject to unexpected events, such as changes in demand patterns and equipment failure. A formal logic model is generated to control the actual system events, which are non-deterministic. A simulation environment in VPMOD is used to validate schedules and control logic based on plant models supplied by industry. The formal models have been implemented in an object-oriented language.

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  1. Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 85287-5906

    CHELL A. ROBERTS & YASSER M. DESSOUKY

  2. Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-0193

    MAGED M. DESSOUKY

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ROBERTS, C.A., DESSOUKY, M.M. & DESSOUKY, Y.M. A virtual plant modeller (VPMOD) for batch-chemical processes. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing 10, 211–223 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008937006766

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