A concept for modelling batch plant operation

Abstract

-A model for describing batch plant operations based on three basic components is proposed. The three parts represents different views on the problem. The batch objects follow the batch units moving through the plant. The resource objects document relevant features of each process unit. Finally, the control objects include production plans and recipes. We discuss a rationale for this partitioning and argue that our concept gives a complete view of the process for plant operation purposes. The novel feature of the concept is the integration of essential perspectives to the operation of a pharmaceutical batch plant into one structured information model. This model takes a broader view than just process control and might be used as an agent to integrate and coordinate operation tasks to improve plant efficiency.

A proposal for coordinator control recipe in a batch process

“…reduction of costs and time involved in its manufacture) and satisfies the necessities of the consumers with the consideration of such necessities become more diversities and complexes. A one way to configure the operations of a production process is using batch process philosophy as an option to achieve the proposed conditions (Carreira 2004, Simensen andFoss 1996).…”