A PROTOTYPE GRID FRAMEWORK FOR THE CHEMICAL PROCESS INDUSTRIES |
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Authors: | Nikos Antonopoulos Patrick Linke Antonis Kokossis |
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Affiliation: |
a Department of Computing, School of Electronics and Physical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
b Centre for Process and Information Systems Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | This article presents a GRID framework for distributed computations in the chemical process industries. We advocate a generic agent-based GRID environment in which chemical processes can be represented, simulated, and optimized as a set of autonomous, collaborative software agents. The framework features numerous advantages in terms of scalability, software reuse, security, and distributed resource discovery and utilization. It is a novel example of how advanced distributed techniques and paradigms can be elegantly applied in the area of chemical engineering to support distributed computations and discovery functions in chemical process engineering. A prototype implementation of the proposed framework for chemical process design is presented to illustrate the concepts. |
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Keywords: | Chemical processes Simulations Software agents GRID computing Applications |
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