Process development automation: An evolutionary approach

Organic Process Research and Development

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 273-282

  Pollard, Mike ^a  

^a Process Development Department   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035533044     PISSN: 10836160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/op0100145     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Weinmann, H. Org. Process Res. Dev. 1999, 3, 304.
2. Zymark Corporation: http://www.zymark.com.
3. ReactArray, formerly SK233: http://www.reactarray.com.
4. Now part of Mettler Toledo: http://www.mt.com.
5. Argonaut Technologies: http://www.argotech.com.
6. Hazard Evaluation Laboratory Ltd.: http://www.helgroup.co.uk.
7. Now part of Argonaut: http://www.camile.com.
8. Systag: http://www.systag.ch.
9. LabVIEW from National Instruments: http://www.ni.com or DASYLab from Datalog GmbH: http://www.dasytec.com.
10. Borland Software Corporation: http://www.borland.com.
11. Manufacturers include National Instruments, IOTech, ComputerBoards Inc, Keithley, and many others. See http://www.adeptscientific.co.uk.
12. There are many sources of reusable components available in a variety of languages, e.g.: SoftWIRE component system for Visual Basic: http:// www.computerboards.com.
13. Open-loop control is the situation where the input and output are not physically connected, and changes in the output do not affect the input-indeed no input may exist.
14. A measure of how fast the bulk properties of the reaction system can change.
15. PID control is perhaps the most common and can be implemented in a variety of ways. Some modern commercial equipment now use fuzzy logic or neural network controllers.
16. Perry, R. H. Chemical Engineers Handbook, 7th ed.; McGraw-Hill: New York, 1997.
17. Hardware watchdogs are preferable to software ones, although, e.g., monitoring a serial connection for continued activity can be usefully done in software.
18. Glass Solutions: s.simcock@glass-solutions.co.uk.
19. Ullmann's Encyclopaedia of Industrial Chemistry, 6th ed.; Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, 2001 electronic release; http://www.wiley-vch.de/vch/software/ ullmann/.
20. See e.g.: Mettler Toledo publication 00724550, Optimisation of industrial crystallisation processes at www.mt.com.