PROSPECTS FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF TOTAL SITES IN THEBATCH MANUFACTURING-INDUSTRY

Citation
L. Puigjaner et A. Espuna, PROSPECTS FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF TOTAL SITES IN THEBATCH MANUFACTURING-INDUSTRY, Computers & chemical engineering, 22(1-2), 1998, pp. 87-107
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications","Engineering, Chemical","Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications
ISSN journal
00981354
Volume
22
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
87 - 107
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-1354(1998)22:1-2<87:PFIMAC>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A number of production control concepts for the discrete manufacturing and assembly industries have been developed and also extended to the chemical process industries. However some of the basic aspects of batc h processes are not adequately handled by standard commercial software . In this work a summary is made of industrial requirements. Then, we focus in the underlying philosophy of our present solution approach. T hree main areas of improvement in the management of batch processes ar e described: realistic and detailed representation of plant operations , appropriate decision-making structures allowing for the design, anal ysis, validation and scheduling, monitoring and control of plant opera tion strategies, and process integration concepts. An illustrative exa mple will be used to show the progress made and future direction of ou r work is indicated. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.