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A Blueprint for Software Architectures in Process Optimization
Author(s) -
Fricke Armin,
Schöneberger Jan Christian
Publication year - 2017
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.201600130
Subject(s) - blueprint , computer science , process (computing) , software , interface (matter) , application programming interface , software engineering , chemical process , process optimization , systems engineering , engineering , programming language , operating system , mechanical engineering , chemical engineering , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method
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.