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Solids processes are estimated to rarely reach more than 60% of design capacity and require 10 times longer to start up than those involving only liquid-gas streams. The business costs associated with these staggering statistics is exacerbated by the capital and energy-intensive nature of solids processes.
Model-based engineering and optimisation techniques make it possible to save millions of dollars of capital or annual operating cost by – for example – optimising recycle flows or providing quantified decision support during design.
gSOLIDS is a new product developed by PSE in conjunction with Procter & Gamble and other lead users. It provides a step-change in the facilities available to engineers responsible for the design and operation of industrial solids processes.
Seminar details
This free seminar describes the application of model-based engineering approaches and provides an opportunity to use gSOLIDS to solve typical problems. Attendees of the hands-on session will be offered free evaluation licences.
You can see the detailed agenda here
| Target audience | Technical management and process engineers from companies with solids processes: FMCG, food, pharmaceuticals, mineral processing and other sectors |
| Outline | A half-day seminar describing the application of model-based engineering approaches to the design and operation of solids processes, using gSOLIDS [including hands-on sessions]. |
| Date | Wednesday 15 September 2010 |
| Time | 9:30-12:30, followed by lunch. Registration 9:00 |
| Location | Novotel Hotel, Lussac Room, 2nd Floor Conference Rooms, 1 Shortlands, Hammersmith, London W6 8DR, UK t: +44 20 8741 1555 [directions] |
| Cost | FREE |
| Presenters | Dr Sean Bermingham, VP Strategic Business Development Dr Mark Pinto, PSE Consultant |
Further information
The key differentiators of gSOLIDS are its capability to address true dynamics, robustly handle large numbers of recycles and go beyond just simulation to provide model validation (including model-based data analysis) and optimisation.
Challenges
Specific challenges and some typical questions facing designers and operators of solids processes include (see more detail):
- How to increase plant throughput
- How to determine the optimal recycle size
- How to size surge bins
- Selection of the correct equipment for new plants.
- How to optimise procedures for start-up, shut-down and grade change.
How gSOLIDS addresses these challenges
gSOLIDS provides a comprehensive set of powerful and easy-to-use capabilities that include (see more detail):
- A library of common unit operations for solids processes
- Drag-and-drop flowsheeting for creating solids process flowsheets
- Dynamic simulation capabilities for modelling start-up, grade-change and other transient operations
- Dynamics and graphical scheduling for batch and semi-continuous processes
- The ability to robustly and efficiently handle large numbers of recycles and to optimise recycle flows
- Upstream integration with gCRYSTAL and liquid and gas models for simultaneous design optimisation
- A stream structure that includes particle size distributions, chemical compositions and temperature
- Parameter estimation facilities for fitting models to experimental or operating data for maximum predictive capability
- Dynamic and mixed-integer optimisation capabilities for true process optimisation taking into account many decision variables
- The ability to add custom models of proprietary equipment or processes
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