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REVIEW OF COMPUTER PROCESS SIMULATION TO INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION PREVENTION
Citation:
Spooner, J. REVIEW OF COMPUTER PROCESS SIMULATION TO INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION PREVENTION. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-94/128 (NTIS PB95154886), 1994.
Description:
The objective of this report is to provide environmental professionals with an understanding of the power and utility of state-of-the-art process simulation software for industrial pollution prevention (P2) analysis. rocess simulators are process design tools that were once used only by experts in the chemical process industries (CP1), but are now sufficiently user-friendly to be used by a wider range of people. hese toots are important for P2 efforts because of the potential for application to processes outside the CP1. o better understand the issues that are discussed, background information is first provided on process simulation, including historical development, current applications, and current research. lso, to better understand the features of state-of-the-art process simulators, a review is provided on several commercially-available simulation software packages. ase study is then performed using one of the simulators reviewed, in order to demonstrate the P2 analysis capabilities of existing process simulators. tate-of-the-art process simulators are shown to have the ability to do rapid and convenient analysis of process design options leading to P2. owerful analytical features and enhanced user environments make this possible. xisting process simulators can also contribute to U.S. industrial P2 efforts by their ability to model waste water systems, and to measure P2 progress. owever, despite these strengths, existing simulators have some important weaknesses that must be addressed for P2, such as in modeling fugitive/trace emissions and dynamic/batch process simulation.
