The nature and role of process systems engineering

Takamatsu, Takeichiro

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“…B. das Bild, das von Buchheim und Sonnemann aus geschichtlicher Perspektive von der Systemverfahrenstechnik gezeichnet wurde, ist dabei aber wesentlich knapper und trennschärfer gefasst. Die vorgelegte Definition enthält ebenfalls die zentralen Aspekte, die innerhalb der systemverfahrenstechnischen Literatur aufgeführt werden , ; sie ist jedoch umfassender als die genannten Einzelanalysen. Es mag auffallen, dass in den disziplininternen Reflexionen häufig auch Prozessentwurf ( process design ) als grundlegende systemverfahrenstechnische Tätigkeit genannt wird, was im Widerspruch zu den Ausführungen dieses Artikels zu stehen scheint.…”

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“…Zudem fanden und finden in der Disziplin selbst Reflexionen statt, was das Konzept Systemverfahrenstechnik (engl. process systems engineering ) genau meint . Trotz dieser begrifflichen Unklarheiten kann die Systemverfahrenstechnik als etabliertes Feld gelten, dessen Wurzeln bis in die 1950er Jahre zurückreichen .…”

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“…Obwohl die erwähnte Vagheit des Begriffs „Systemverfahrenstechnik” hier etwas plakativ durch die Web‐Auftritte einiger Lehrstühle illustriert wurde, stellt sich die Situation in den entsprechenden Fachpublikationen sehr ähnlich dar. Die klassische Definition von Takamatsu scheint tautologisch; er definiert process systems engineering als „‘engineering for process systems’ or ‘systems engineering for processes’” , auch wenn seine nachfolgenden Ausführungen diese Definition etwas weiter aufklären. Die Definition von Grossmann dagegen wirkt sehr weit gefasst: „Process Systems Engineering is concerned with the improvement of decision‐making processes for the creation and operation of the chemical supply chain.…”

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Systemverfahrenstechnik – Eine philosophische Begriffsanalyse

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Briesen

2019

Chemie Ingenieur Technik

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This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.,,Systemverfahrenstechnik'' scheint sprachlich und inhaltlich häufig unklar. Basierend auf einer philosophischen Analyse, welche die Begriffe ,,System'', ,,Technik'' und ,,Verfahren'' erschließt, wird daher eine möglichst tragfähige Definition von Systemverfahrenstechnik erarbeitet und zur Diskussion gestellt. Dabei wird betont, dass vor allem die systembasierte Arbeitsweise die betrachtete Disziplin von anderen verfahrenstechnischen Subdisziplinen abgrenzt.

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Systemverfahrenstechnik – Eine philosophische Begriffsanalyse

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Briesen

2019

Chemie Ingenieur Technik

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“…The first generation of Chinese PSE experts made great efforts to enlighten students on this subject. Famous textbooks, such as Yagi and Nishimura's "Chemical Process Engineering" [92] and Takamatsu's "Chemical Process Systems Engineering" [103], were translated into Chinese. Various textbooks compiled by Chinese researchers were also published, such as Zhang's "Process Systems Engineering" [104] and Yang's "Practical Process Systems Engineering" [105].…”

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Advances in Energy Systems Engineering and Process Systems Engineering in China—A Review Starting from Sargent’s Pioneering Work

Qian

Liu

2019

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Process systems engineering (PSE), after being proposed by Sargent and contemporary researchers, has been fast developing in various domains and research communities around the world in the last couple of decades, with energy systems engineering featuring a typical yet still fast propagating domain, and the Chinese PSE community featuring a typical community with its own unique challenges for applying PSE theory and methods. In this paper, development of energy systems engineering and process systems engineering in China is discussed, and Sargent's impacts on these two fields are the main focus. Pioneering work conducted by Sargent is firstly discussed. Then, a venation on how his work and thoughts have motivated later researchers and led to progressive advances is reviewed and analyzed. It shows that Sargent's idea of optimum design and his work on nonlinear programming and superstructure modelling have resulted in well-known methods that are widely adopted in energy systems engineering and PSE applications in tackling problems in China. Following Sargent's pioneering ideas and conceptual design of the PSE mansion, future development directions of energy systems engineering are also discussed.Processes 2019, 7, 350 2 of 22 and applications in solving local challenging problems of China, inspired by Sargent's work, are then summarized. Last, future directions of energy systems engineering are proposed, following the PSE framework set up by Sargent, and based on characteristics of energy systems which are unique from a generic process system. Contributions of Professor SargentOver his research career, Professor Sargent made tremendous contributions to the field of PSE. His work can be found in almost every discipline, including system decomposition, optimal design, process control, solution of nonlinear algebraic equations (NAE), differential algebraic equations (DAE), and others. In addition, it is more creditable that Professor Sargent does not only make great achievements in his own research, but also acts as a leader of PSE researchers, providing guiding light for the development of the whole field. In 1967, he published an inspiring and insightful article, pointing out possible directions for future research [4]. The most important one in this article might be the idea of integrated design, i.e., combining design and optimization instead of regarding them as two separate tasks. Sargent also pointed out the need for future work in better understanding of physical mechanisms of chemical process, in development of model simplification techniques, and in exploration of dynamic behaviour. In 1971, he presented another review article as a supplement of the former one [4], in which he pointed out that much work remained to be done in the solution of large-scale NAEs, stochastic optimal control, nonlinear filtering, and the automatic determination of model structure [5]. Those research directions he had mentioned have almost all become research frontends in the next few decades. With such significant contributions, P...

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“…In a processing plant, the sub-systems are unit operations and the interconnections are mass, energy, or information flows between processing units. Modeling unit operations requires knowledge of the fundamentally occurring phenomena taking places such as thermodynamic processes, transport phenomena (mass transfer, fluid dynamics and heat transfer), and chemical reaction kinetics [196]. The mathematical formulation that incorporates all these phenomena and connects the molecular and continuum descriptions of matter is the differential balance equation (consisting of hold-up, transport and source terms) as developed by Bird, Stewart, and Lightfoot [24] that gave rise to the dominant BSL modeling paradigm of chemical engineering science [197].…”

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Modeling and Simulation of Energy Systems: A Review

2018

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Energy is a key driver of the modern economy, therefore modeling and simulation of energy systems has received significant research attention. We review the major developments in this area and propose two ways to categorize the diverse contributions. The first categorization is according to the modeling approach, namely into computational, mathematical, and physical models. With this categorization, we highlight certain novel hybrid approaches that combine aspects of the different groups proposed. The second categorization is according to field namely Process Systems Engineering (PSE) and Energy Economics (EE). We use the following criteria to illustrate the differences: the nature of variables, theoretical underpinnings, level of technological aggregation, spatial and temporal scales, and model purposes. Traditionally, the Process Systems Engineering approach models the technological characteristics of the energy system endogenously. However, the energy system is situated in a broader economic context that includes several stakeholders both within the energy sector and in other economic sectors. Complex relationships and feedback effects exist between these stakeholders, which may have a significant impact on strategic, tactical, and operational decision-making. Leveraging the expertise built in the Energy Economics field on modeling these complexities may be valuable to process systems engineers. With this categorization, we present the interactions between the two fields, and make the case for combining the two approaches. We point out three application areas: (1) optimal design and operation of flexible processes using demand and price forecasts, (2) sustainability analysis and process design using hybrid methods, and (3) accounting for the feedback effects of breakthrough technologies. These three examples highlight the value of combining Process Systems Engineering and Energy Economics models to get a holistic picture of the energy system in a wider economic and policy context.

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The nature and role of process systems engineering

Cited by 22 publications

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Systemverfahrenstechnik – Eine philosophische Begriffsanalyse

Systemverfahrenstechnik – Eine philosophische Begriffsanalyse

Advances in Energy Systems Engineering and Process Systems Engineering in China—A Review Starting from Sargent’s Pioneering Work

Modeling and Simulation of Energy Systems: A Review

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