Virtual Design and Commissioning: Solving Tomorrow's Problems Today
Process Development Symposium
2017
2017 Process Development Symposium
General Program
The Role of Models and Computation in Process Development
Thursday, June 8, 2017 - 8:10am to 8:40am
DuPont has a long history of using dynamic, plant-wide models to understand process operability, improve existing control strategies and train operators. However, the earlier a dynamic model is developed and used, the more value one can extract from it. In DuPont, a growing area for the application of these Virtual Plants is in Process Development understanding how the proposed process is going to run, BEFORE it is built. By exploring the future process in a Virtual Plant today, problems can be identified and remediated quickly, and at a much lower expense. Valuable insight gained can be used to design a more operable and robust process.
DuPont (and former DuPont entities) deliver the value of dynamic models by leveraging our in-house simulation software, DuPont TMODS. This talk will discuss recent case studies in which Virtual Plants have been used to support process development activities.