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Use of Cascaded Option Trees in Chemical‐Engineering Process Development
Author(s) -
Bednarz Andreas,
Rüngeler Bettina,
Pfennig Andreas
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
chemie ingenieur technik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1522-2640
pISSN - 0009-286X
DOI - 10.1002/cite.201300115
Subject(s) - process (computing) , process development , development (topology) , computer science , frame (networking) , simple (philosophy) , biochemical engineering , risk analysis (engineering) , process engineering , engineering , mathematics , business , telecommunications , mathematical analysis , philosophy , epistemology , operating system
Fast and efficient procedures are increasingly important in process development since the time frame between development and market entry is reduced. The evaluation of alternatives is time consuming, but especially important to assure the choice of the optimal process. A simple and fast method to speed up process development while considering numerous alternatives has been developed using option trees. The option trees allow for easy and comprehensible evaluation of alternatives. Here the method of cascaded option trees is illustrated for the development of a biocompatible separation process.