title: New Vistas in Chemical Product and Process Design.
abstract: Design of chemicals-based products is broadly classified into those that are process centered and those that are product centered. In this article, the designs of both classes of products are reviewed from a process systems point of view; developments related to the design of the chemical product, its corresponding process, and its integration are highlighted. Although significant advances have been made in the development of systematic model-based techniques for process design (also for optimization, operation, and control), much work is needed to reach the same level for product design. Timeline diagrams illustrating key contributions in product design, process design, and integrated product-process design are presented. The search for novel, innovative, and sustainable solutions must be matched by consideration of issues related to the multidisciplinary nature of problems, the lack of data needed for model development, solution strategies that incorporate multiscale options, and reliability versus predictive power. The need for an integrated model-experiment-based design approach is discussed together with benefits of employing a systematic computer-aided framework with built-in design templates.
authors.affiliation: PSE for SPEED Project, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark; email: rag@kt.dtu.dk.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: PSE for SPEED Project, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark; email: rag@kt.dtu.dk.
authors.forename: Deenesh K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Babi
authors.affiliation: PSE for SPEED Project, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark; email: rag@kt.dtu.dk.
authors.forename: Rafiqul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gani
mesh_terms: D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D007287:Inorganic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007287:Inorganic Chemicals; D009930:Organic Chemicals
keywords: computer-aided; integration; process design; product design; sustainability