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 Kingdomb 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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