A Blueprint for Software Architectures in Process Optimization. Issue 5 (5th April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fricke, Armin; Schöneberger, Jan Christian
• Other Names: Fricke Armin guestEditor.; Schöneberger Jan guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Chemie Ingenieur Technik. Volume 89:Issue 5(2017:May)
• Page Start: 515
• Page End: 526
• Publication Date: 2017-04-05
• Subjects: CAPE‐OPEN -- Reference architecture model -- Software engineering -- OPC unified architecture; Chemical engineering -- Patents -- Periodicals; Chemical engineering -- Periodicals; Chemical industry -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Technical -- Periodicals; 660.05
• DOI: 10.1002/cite.201600130
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0009-286X

Abstract

Abstract: How to use software effectively and efficiently in the chemical, pharmaceutical and life science industries is one of the central questions in Process Optimization. The paper shows in five examples from chemical engineering how various programs connect to a first principle process simulator through the existing interfaces. It also shows how the functionality of a process simulator can be enhanced. Through the application programming interface (CC‐API), the objects are re‐used beyond the boundaries of the flow sheeting program CHEMCAD. Abstract : Combining different software packages for process optimization can be a challenge: Software interfaces and data structures often don't match. The paper suggests software design principles, which process engineers could recommend the software vendors to follow and proposes a way to build software solutions for process optimization.