Overview on chemical operations

Chemical production processes can be divided in chemical reactions and basic operations (i.e. physical transformations). In chemical production plants, multiple processes from both classes are combined and take place in sub-plants which are closely interconnected. The planning and configuration of such plants is very complex and expensive. Hence, a detailed modelling of the underlying chemical and physical processes is necessary to avoid misinvestments. The next section outfines an overview on the steps necessary to 

A chemical production process is a combination of physical and chemical transformation processes. The behaviour of such a transformation system can be described in mathematical terms. To describe the behaviour of a chemical reaction system two general questions have to be answered  

Roughly spoken, the first question can be answered by thermodynamical analyses of the intended reaction, whereas the answers to the second question are typically subsumed 

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