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Rafiqul Gani - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Advances in Chemical Product design
Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 2018Co-Authors: Lei Zhang, Ka Yip Fung, Christianto Wibowo, Rafiqul GaniAbstract:Abstract The nature of Chemical Product design problems is diverse and multidisciplinary. It involves many design issues such as project management, market study, Product design, process design, and economic analysis for better organizing the Product design project and achieving better Products. This article provides an overview of Chemical Product design with a multidisciplinary hierarchical framework including all the design issues and tasks. Each of the design issues and tasks are introduced and discussed, methods and tools are summarized and compared, challenges and perspectives are presented to help the Chemical Product design researchers on finding more novel, innovative and sustainable Products, by the combined effort from academia and industry to develop a systematic generic framework, and tools including Product simulator, process simulator, database manager, modeling tool, and templates for design problems.
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The Chemical Product Simulator – ProCAPD
Computer-aided chemical engineering, 2017Co-Authors: Sawitree Kalakul, Mario R. Eden, Rafiqul GaniAbstract:Abstract In this paper, a Chemical Product design simulator called ProCAPD is presented. ProCAPD works in the same way as a Chemical process simulator, that is, it helps to verify Product design decisions and generates information that can be used to make design decisions. Like the contents of the process simulator, the Product simulator needs a database of Chemicals and properties, a library of models, numerical routines to solve mathematical problems as well as various calculation options. Also, like the process simulator, the Product simulator comes with a user-interface to describe the problems and to obtain the simulation results. In order to make the Chemical Product simulator versatile and applicable for a wide range of problems, it includes a suite of databases (Chemicals, solvents, active ingredients, aroma, color-agents and many more); a library of models (properties, Product performance, etc.); calculation tools (Product attributes, blend compositions, environmental impact, etc.); design templates (single molecules, blends, formulations, emulsions, devices); and, design-simulation-analysis functions. All these capabilities are based on the prototype tool developed by Kalakul et al. (2017). This paper highlights the software architecture, the implemented computer aided methods-tools, whose scope-significance are illustrated through new Chemical Product design-evaluation applications.
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a grand model for Chemical Product design
Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2016Co-Authors: Ka Yip Fung, Lei Zhang, Ka Ming Ng, Rafiqul GaniAbstract:Abstract Chemical engineering has been expanding its focus from primarily business-to-business Products (B2B) to business-to-consumer (B2C) Products. The Production of B2B Products generally emphasizes on process design and optimization, whereas the Production of B2C Products focuses on Product quality, ingredients and structure. Market and competitive analysis, government policies and regulations have to be explicitly considered in Product design. All these considerations are accounted for in the Grand Product Design Model, which consists of a process model, a property model, a quality model, a cost model, a pricing model, an economic model as well as factors such as company strategy, government policies and regulations. This article introduces the model and highlights selected aspects of the model with two case studies. One is a die attach adhesive that illustrates how pricing affects profitability, and how Product composition changes with market conditions. Another is a hand lotion that illustrates how Product quality affects the profit.
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Models and Modelling Tools for Chemical Product and Process Design
Computer-aided chemical engineering, 2016Co-Authors: Rafiqul GaniAbstract:Abstract The design, development and reliability of a Chemical Product and the process to manufacture it, need to be consistent with the end-use characteristics of the desired Product. One of the common ways to match the desired Product-process characteristics is through trial and error based experiments, which can be expensive and time consuming. An alternative approach is the use of a systematic model-based framework according to an established work-flow in Product-process design, replacing some of the time consuming and/or repetitive experimental steps. The advantages of the use of a model-based framework is that in the design, development and/or manufacturing of a Chemical Product-process, the knowledge of the applied phenomena together with the Product-process design details can be provided with diverse degrees of abstractions and details. This would allow the experimental resources to be employed for validation and fine-tuning of the solutions from the model-based framework, thereby, removing the need for trial and error experimental steps. Also, questions related to economic feasibility, operability and sustainability, among others, can be considered in the early stages of design. However, are the needed models for such a framework available? Or, are modelling tools that can help to develop the needed models available? Can such a model-based framework provide the needed model-based work-flows matching the requirements of the specific Chemical Product-process design problems? What types of models are needed for innovative and more sustainable design? The presentation will review the current state of the art in models and modelling tools suitable for Chemical Product-process design and point out the gaps that need to be filled out with respect to model-based frameworks for Chemical Product-process design. Illustrative examples highlighting the need for efficient model-based systems will be presented, where the need for predictive models for innovative Chemical Product-process design will be highlighted. The examples will cover aspects of Chemical Product-process design where the idea of the grand Chemical Product design model, that also incorporates the process design issues together with sustainability issues will be presented.
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new vistas in Chemical Product and process design
Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2016Co-Authors: Lei Zhang, Deenesh Kavi Babi, Rafiqul GaniAbstract: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 pred...
Edward L Cussler - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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teaching Chemical Product design
Education for Chemical Engineers, 2016Co-Authors: Alirio E Rodrigues, Edward L CusslerAbstract:Abstract The Chemical industry today includes both commodity Products and higher value-added Products. While the design of commodities is dominated by the process costs, higher value-added Products also depend on Product design, including discovery, Product selection, and time-to-market. Chemical engineering education has sensibly begun to change toward courses on both process and Product design. However, while there is an emerging consensus that these changes should take place, there is no clear agreement on what the changes should be. Moreover, these new directions are very difficult to teach, at least in the current environment. This paper will discuss different efforts to incorporate Product design into the Chemical engineering curriculum and different successes in doing so. However, while the value of including this material seems unquestioned, the way in which it is best taught is unclear.
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Chemical Product design
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 2003Co-Authors: G D Moggridge, Edward L CusslerAbstract:Chemical Products depend for their function on a Chemical or a Chemical transformation. They are usually of high value, and manufactured in relatively low volumes, which means that the focus in designing Chemical Products is on speed rather than cost. In designing a new Chemical Product, the starting point is to define a desired function, rather than a Chemical specification; thus Chemical Product design inevitably encompasses deciding what to make as well as the process by which it will be made. These characteristics of Chemical Product design result in process design heuristics rarely being appropriate. To replace these, we propose a four step procedure as a template around which to organize ideas for designing Chemical Products. Keywords: Product; design; process; manufacture
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Teaching Chemical Product design
Computer-aided chemical engineering, 2003Co-Authors: Geoff D. Moggridge, Edward L CusslerAbstract:Chemical Products depend for their function on a Chemical or a Chemical transformation and are usually of high value and manufactured in low volumes, relative to commodity Chemicals. In recent decades Chemical Products have started to play a much more prominent role in the Chemical industry. Our teaching, however, remains concentrated on the commodity sector. We argue that university curricula need to be adapted to take account of changes in industry. We propose, in particular, that design teaching should take more account of the different requirements for designing Chemical Products. We propose a four step procedure as a template around which to organise ideas for designing Chemical Products.
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Chemical Product design
2001Co-Authors: Edward L Cussler, G D MoggridgeAbstract:1. An introduction to Chemical Product design 2. Needs 3. Ideas 4. Selection 5. Product manufacture 6. Commodity Products 7. Devices 8. Molecular Products 9. Microstructures 10. A plan for the future.
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an introduction to Chemical Product design
Chemical Engineering Research & Design, 2000Co-Authors: Geoff D. Moggridge, Edward L CusslerAbstract:This paper derives from an undergraduate course in Chemical Product design which we first taught in 1998/9 and are still in the process of developing. We are in the process of writing a text book to accompany such courses. We explain our approach to Chemical Product design and why the subject is important. The distinctive features of Product design (particularly in contrast to process design, a more familiar topic for Chemical engineers) are outlined in Section 1. The emphasis is on decisions which are required before Chemical process design can be started. Our Chemical Product design course is a response to major changes in the Chemical industry which have occurred in recent decades. These changes, described in Section 2, involve a move in the industry away from the manufacture of commodity Chemicals and towards speciality Chemicals and other high added value Products. The former is well served by traditional process design, the latter benefits also from Product design. Section 3 describes the Product design procedure that we use. It is a simplification of procedures already used in business development and manufacturing engineering (see, for example, Ulrich and Eppinger1). Such a simplification clarifies the sequence of ideas involved and also forces us to consider in detail the technical questions implied in specific Products. Our approach is aimed at those with training in engineering and chemistry, but may also be a beneficial challenge for those whose training is largely in business.
Geoff D. Moggridge - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology - Chemical Product Design and Engineering
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 2014Co-Authors: Raquel Costa, Rita Garrido Gabriel, Pedro Saraiva, E. Cussler, Geoff D. MoggridgeAbstract:Today's Chemical industry has goals that range from commodity Chemicals to diverse high value added engineered Chemical Products, such as an exfoliating gel, a disposable nappy or an artificial heart valve. In response to these goals, Chemical Product engineering has been emerging within Chemical engineering. In this chapter, Chemical Product engineering is described as a body of knowledge structured in terms of three main pillars: the Chemical Product pyramid; Chemical Product design and process design integration; and multifaceted multiscale approach. According to this conceptual model, these pillars support Chemical Product design as the central objective and operational facet of Chemical Product engineering. A six step template for Chemical Product design is also presented here. This template starts with the identification of the customer needs a successful Product must be able to satisfy, followed by the translation of these needs into objective, quantitative terms. It then proceeds to the generation and selection of alternative Product ideas, culminating with the full specification of the Product functionality and characteristics. As Chemical Product engineering increases in importance, it needs systematization and heuristics, just as the well-established traditional process engineering field has. Chemical Products are immensely varied and the conceptual model and template discussed here do not offer a panacea; but they provide a framework within which thinking and practice are possible. Keywords: Chemical Product engineering; Chemical Product design; new trends in Chemical engineering
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Chemical Product engineering an emerging paradigm within Chemical engineering
Aiche Journal, 2006Co-Authors: Raquel Costa, Geoff D. Moggridge, Pedro SaraivaAbstract:New Product development is a crucial task for modern corporations. Facing an increasingly competitive and dynamic market, the ability to continuously identify customer needs and create Products that meet such needs is essential to business success. As a result, researchers from fields such as management, marketing, industrial design and engineering have devoted their attention to new Product development issues, and many references can be found in the literature covering this topic.1-5 New Product development combines strategic and organizational actions with technical effort; the former dealing with the management of the development process, strategic placement and launch of the new Product; the latter being chiefly concerned with the design of the Product and its manufacturing process. While in some industrial and engineering sectors, such as mechanical and electronic, the technical side of the development process has always been appreciated as a major issue, in the Chemical process industries the systematic and efficient design of new Products is a relatively recent concern. However, these industries, with Chemical engineering as their technical support, seem to be making up for lost time, and Chemical Product engineering is a fast developing concept among both industrial and scientific communities. The aim of this article is to provide a review of the scope of Chemical Product engineering by discussing its emergence within Chemical engineering. Chemical Engineering: Present and Future
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Teaching Chemical Product design
Computer-aided chemical engineering, 2003Co-Authors: Geoff D. Moggridge, Edward L CusslerAbstract:Chemical Products depend for their function on a Chemical or a Chemical transformation and are usually of high value and manufactured in low volumes, relative to commodity Chemicals. In recent decades Chemical Products have started to play a much more prominent role in the Chemical industry. Our teaching, however, remains concentrated on the commodity sector. We argue that university curricula need to be adapted to take account of changes in industry. We propose, in particular, that design teaching should take more account of the different requirements for designing Chemical Products. We propose a four step procedure as a template around which to organise ideas for designing Chemical Products.
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an introduction to Chemical Product design
Chemical Engineering Research & Design, 2000Co-Authors: Geoff D. Moggridge, Edward L CusslerAbstract:This paper derives from an undergraduate course in Chemical Product design which we first taught in 1998/9 and are still in the process of developing. We are in the process of writing a text book to accompany such courses. We explain our approach to Chemical Product design and why the subject is important. The distinctive features of Product design (particularly in contrast to process design, a more familiar topic for Chemical engineers) are outlined in Section 1. The emphasis is on decisions which are required before Chemical process design can be started. Our Chemical Product design course is a response to major changes in the Chemical industry which have occurred in recent decades. These changes, described in Section 2, involve a move in the industry away from the manufacture of commodity Chemicals and towards speciality Chemicals and other high added value Products. The former is well served by traditional process design, the latter benefits also from Product design. Section 3 describes the Product design procedure that we use. It is a simplification of procedures already used in business development and manufacturing engineering (see, for example, Ulrich and Eppinger1). Such a simplification clarifies the sequence of ideas involved and also forces us to consider in detail the technical questions implied in specific Products. Our approach is aimed at those with training in engineering and chemistry, but may also be a beneficial challenge for those whose training is largely in business.
Lei Zhang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Advances in Chemical Product design
Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 2018Co-Authors: Lei Zhang, Ka Yip Fung, Christianto Wibowo, Rafiqul GaniAbstract:Abstract The nature of Chemical Product design problems is diverse and multidisciplinary. It involves many design issues such as project management, market study, Product design, process design, and economic analysis for better organizing the Product design project and achieving better Products. This article provides an overview of Chemical Product design with a multidisciplinary hierarchical framework including all the design issues and tasks. Each of the design issues and tasks are introduced and discussed, methods and tools are summarized and compared, challenges and perspectives are presented to help the Chemical Product design researchers on finding more novel, innovative and sustainable Products, by the combined effort from academia and industry to develop a systematic generic framework, and tools including Product simulator, process simulator, database manager, modeling tool, and templates for design problems.
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a grand model for Chemical Product design
Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2016Co-Authors: Ka Yip Fung, Lei Zhang, Ka Ming Ng, Rafiqul GaniAbstract:Abstract Chemical engineering has been expanding its focus from primarily business-to-business Products (B2B) to business-to-consumer (B2C) Products. The Production of B2B Products generally emphasizes on process design and optimization, whereas the Production of B2C Products focuses on Product quality, ingredients and structure. Market and competitive analysis, government policies and regulations have to be explicitly considered in Product design. All these considerations are accounted for in the Grand Product Design Model, which consists of a process model, a property model, a quality model, a cost model, a pricing model, an economic model as well as factors such as company strategy, government policies and regulations. This article introduces the model and highlights selected aspects of the model with two case studies. One is a die attach adhesive that illustrates how pricing affects profitability, and how Product composition changes with market conditions. Another is a hand lotion that illustrates how Product quality affects the profit.
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new vistas in Chemical Product and process design
Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2016Co-Authors: Lei Zhang, Deenesh Kavi Babi, Rafiqul GaniAbstract: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 pred...
Pedro Saraiva - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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A conceptual model for Chemical Product design
Aiche Journal, 2014Co-Authors: Fernando P. Bernardo, Pedro SaraivaAbstract:The fundamental principles of Chemical Product design and associated systematic tools, within a broad domain of Chemical Products including molecules, formulations, and devices, are still under development. In this article, we propose a simple and fundamental conceptual model that defines the Chemical Product design problem as the inversion of three central design functions: quality, property, and process functions. The classic iterative cycles of Product design problems may be envisioned as alternating between inversion and evaluation of these three functions, or in other words alternating between synthesis and analysis of solutions. On top of the proposed basic structure of the overall design problem, we then discuss the formulation of some subproblems as optimization problems and describe some useful solution tools. Three application examples are provided, including a more detailed case of formulation of a pharmaceutical ointment. © 2014 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 61: 802–815, 2015
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Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology - Chemical Product Design and Engineering
Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 2014Co-Authors: Raquel Costa, Rita Garrido Gabriel, Pedro Saraiva, E. Cussler, Geoff D. MoggridgeAbstract:Today's Chemical industry has goals that range from commodity Chemicals to diverse high value added engineered Chemical Products, such as an exfoliating gel, a disposable nappy or an artificial heart valve. In response to these goals, Chemical Product engineering has been emerging within Chemical engineering. In this chapter, Chemical Product engineering is described as a body of knowledge structured in terms of three main pillars: the Chemical Product pyramid; Chemical Product design and process design integration; and multifaceted multiscale approach. According to this conceptual model, these pillars support Chemical Product design as the central objective and operational facet of Chemical Product engineering. A six step template for Chemical Product design is also presented here. This template starts with the identification of the customer needs a successful Product must be able to satisfy, followed by the translation of these needs into objective, quantitative terms. It then proceeds to the generation and selection of alternative Product ideas, culminating with the full specification of the Product functionality and characteristics. As Chemical Product engineering increases in importance, it needs systematization and heuristics, just as the well-established traditional process engineering field has. Chemical Products are immensely varied and the conceptual model and template discussed here do not offer a panacea; but they provide a framework within which thinking and practice are possible. Keywords: Chemical Product engineering; Chemical Product design; new trends in Chemical engineering
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Chemical Product engineering an emerging paradigm within Chemical engineering
Aiche Journal, 2006Co-Authors: Raquel Costa, Geoff D. Moggridge, Pedro SaraivaAbstract:New Product development is a crucial task for modern corporations. Facing an increasingly competitive and dynamic market, the ability to continuously identify customer needs and create Products that meet such needs is essential to business success. As a result, researchers from fields such as management, marketing, industrial design and engineering have devoted their attention to new Product development issues, and many references can be found in the literature covering this topic.1-5 New Product development combines strategic and organizational actions with technical effort; the former dealing with the management of the development process, strategic placement and launch of the new Product; the latter being chiefly concerned with the design of the Product and its manufacturing process. While in some industrial and engineering sectors, such as mechanical and electronic, the technical side of the development process has always been appreciated as a major issue, in the Chemical process industries the systematic and efficient design of new Products is a relatively recent concern. However, these industries, with Chemical engineering as their technical support, seem to be making up for lost time, and Chemical Product engineering is a fast developing concept among both industrial and scientific communities. The aim of this article is to provide a review of the scope of Chemical Product engineering by discussing its emergence within Chemical engineering. Chemical Engineering: Present and Future
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A Chemical Product Design Course with a Quality Focus
Chemical Engineering Research & Design, 2004Co-Authors: Pedro Saraiva, Raquel CostaAbstract:In recent years the Chemical processes industry has faced important social, technical and economical challenges. As a result, the nature of its Products, business strategies and ultimately the needs associated with the skills and technical knowledge of Chemical engineers suffered enormous evolutions. One of such main changes is related to the emergence of Chemical Product design (CPD) as a specific and critical new field within the scope of Chemical engineering. The importance of CPD teaching in Chemical engineering courses is becoming well recognized by a number of different and leading universities. This paper presents a CPD course conceived and taught at the University of Coimbra to final year students in a fiveyear Chemical engineering degree. It was developed with a special focus on the connections between CPD and quality engineering tools. The course was considered as a Product by itself and conceived as such, namely through a clear identification of its strategic scope (mission, vision and values), aims (skills to be developed and knowledge to be acquired) and structural features (functional organization, time allocation, learning practices, programmatic contents and performance appraisal). A sample of two specific Chemical Product design projects carried out by teams of students is also described. This teaching experience has been very rewarding and stimulating from the perspectives of both faculty and students. It shows that CPD is indeed a new discipline that can and should be offered to more and more Chemical engineering students all over the world, and that it can gain a lot through the application of quality management principles and quality engineering tools.