Tool support for the management of design processes in chemical engineering

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 175-197

  Nagl, Manfred ^a   Westfechtel, Bernhard ^a   Schneider, Ralph ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Design process; Document management; Polyamide6; Project management; Workflow management

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PLANTS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

PLANT DESIGN;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

POLYAMIDE;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; DESIGN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DECISION MAKING; DOCUMENTATION; DYNAMICS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FLOW; MANAGEMENT; PROCESS DESIGN; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0037441433     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-1354(02)00164-3     Document Type: Article

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