Integrated modeling of work processes and decisions in chemical engineering design

Abstract

In all engineering disciplines, design processes are a fundamental and frequent task. They serve to elaborate an artifact description that satisfies a given functional specification (MOSTOW 1985). In chemical engineering, these artifacts are chemical products, the associated production plants including the process and control equipment, and operation and management support systems (MARQUARDT & NAGL 2004). The artifacts are described by documents such as process flow diagrams, equipment lists, and construction plans. © 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.