Modeling and Understanding different types of Process Desing Activities

EGGERSMANN, M.; GONNET, S.; HENNING, G.; KROBB, C.; LEONE, H.; MARQUARDT, W.

Santa Fe

Congreso; ENPROMER´2001 - Third Mercosur Congress on Process Systems Engineering - First Mercosur Congress on Chemical Engineering; 2001

UNL

One of the major tasks addressed by the chemical industry is the design and revamping of production processes. Increasingly powerful computer-aided tools are available to face these complex tasks. Nevertheless, most design knowledge still rests in the minds of experienced designers. It is desirable to make it part of a computer support environment. Therefore it is necessary to have a model of the design process. This contribution identifies three types of design activities: Synthesis, Analysis, and Decision, which have to be considered in such a model. We discuss the intrinsic characteristics of each type of activity from two different points of view and exemplify our ideas modeling the design of a separation system.