Collaborative and Distributed Chemical Engineering. From Understanding to Substantial Design Process Support: Results of the IMPROVE Project

W. Marquardt, M. Nagl (auth.), Manfred Nagl, Wolfgang Marquardt (eds.)3540705511, 9783540705512

IMPROVE stands for “Information Technology Support for Collaborative and Distributed Design Processes in Chemical Engineering” and is a large joint project of research institutions at RWTH Aachen University. This volume summarizes the results after 9 years of cooperative research work.

The focus of IMRPOVE is on understanding, formalizing, evaluating, and, consequently, improving design processes in chemical engineering. In particular, IMPROVE focuses on conceptual design and basic engineering, where the fundamental decisions concerning the design or redesign of a chemical plant are undertaken. Design processes are analyzed and evaluated in collaboration with industrial partners.

Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages –
Front Matter….Pages 1-1
A Model-Driven Approach for A-posteriori Tool Integration….Pages 3-38
A Scenario Demonstrating Design Support in Chemical Engineering….Pages 39-60
The Interdisciplinary IMPROVE Project….Pages 61-79
Front Matter….Pages 81-81
An Introduction to Application Domain Modeling….Pages 83-92
Product Data Models….Pages 93-110
Document Models….Pages 111-125
Work Process Models….Pages 126-152
Decision Models….Pages 153-168
Integrated Application Domain Models for Chemical Engineering….Pages 169-182
Front Matter….Pages 183-183
Using Developers’ Experience in Cooperative Design Processes….Pages 185-223
Incremental and Interactive Integrator Tools for Design Product Consistency….Pages 224-267
Multimedia and VR Support for Direct Communication of Designers….Pages 268-299
An Adaptive and Reactive Management System for Project Coordination….Pages 300-366
Front Matter….Pages 367-367
Goal-Oriented Information Flow Management in Development Processes….Pages 369-400
Service Management for Development Tools….Pages 401-429
Front Matter….Pages 431-432
Scenario-Based Analysis of Industrial Work Processes….Pages 433-450
Integrative Simulation of Work Processes….Pages 451-476
An Integrated Environment for Heterogeneous Process Modeling and Simulation….Pages 477-492
Design Support of Reaction and Compounding Extruders….Pages 493-518
Synergy by Integrating New Functionality….Pages 519-526
Front Matter….Pages 431-432
Usability Engineering….Pages 527-554
Software Integration and Framework Development….Pages 555-590
Front Matter….Pages 591-591
From Application Domain Models to Tools: The Sketch of a Layered Process/Product Model….Pages 593-604
Work Processes and Process-Centered Models and Tools….Pages 605-611
Model Dependencies, Fine-Grained Relations, and Integrator Tools….Pages 612-620
Administration Models and Management Tools….Pages 621-628
Process/Product Model: Status and Open Problems….Pages 629-639
Front Matter….Pages 641-641
Industrial Cooperation Resulting in Transfer….Pages 643-646
Ontology-Based Integration and Management of Distributed Design Data….Pages 647-655
Computer-Assisted Work Process Modeling in Chemical Engineering….Pages 656-665
Simulation-Supported Workflow Optimization in Process Engineering….Pages 666-674
Management and Reuse of Experience Knowledge in Extrusion Processes….Pages 675-695
Tools for Consistency Management between Design Products….Pages 696-710
Dynamic Process Management Based upon Existing Systems….Pages 711-726
Service-Oriented Architectures and Application Integration….Pages 727-740
Front Matter….Pages 741-741
Review from a Design Process Perspective….Pages 743-752
Review from a Tools’ Perspective….Pages 753-763
Review from an Industrial Perspective….Pages 764-773
Review from Academic Success Perspective….Pages 774-779
Back Matter….Pages –