Cleaner Technology by Using Flowsheet-Simulation for Decision Support in Process Industries

Abstract

Due to the complexity and the non-linear characteristics of the productions processes in process industries, many approaches to tackle production planning problems as they are used in discrete parts manufacturing fail to give viable support for decision making. In this paper a simulation approach based on flowsheeting process models is presented and used for the assessment of cleaner technologies. The use of flowsheeting systems to support decisions on strategic, tactical and operative planning level, tackling a variety of problems occurring in the metal industry, are sketched.