A Modeling Language for Process Engineering

Fig. 10. The evolution of an MCDD s structure. (Reprinted from Stephanopoulos, G., Henning, G., and Leone, H. MODEL.LA A modeling language for process engineering. Part I, Comp. Chem. Eng. 14, Page 813, Copyright 1990, with kind permission from Elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington 0X5 1GB, UK.)...

VeDa is intended as a modeling language for the domain of process engineering, which can be used for the representation of specific mathematical models of chemical process systems in a model library as well as for the representation of knowledge about models and the modeling process in a knowledge-based modeling environment. 

The chapter is organized as follows. First, to establish a common language, we define some common terms from both a pharmaceutical and an engineering perspective. Subsequently, we review model-based design and optimization as a framework for product and process development and optimization, process scale-up, and continuous improvement activities. The role of process and analytical technology (PAT) methods and principles in this framework is discussed. Finally, the main areas requiring effort are identified. 

Eggersmann, M., Krobb, C., Marquardt, W. A language for modeling work processes in chemical engineering. Technical Report LPT-2000-02, RWTH Aachen University, Process Systems Engineering (2000)... 

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