ProCAFD is an innovative and intelligent software tool that guides the user through its 12-step process design hierarchy. These steps start with problem definition and ending with the identification of a targeted sustainable process design, encompass critical aspects such as process synthesis, design, and analysis. The process includes steps for economic, sustainability, and life cycle assessment (LCA) analyses, as well as rigorous process simulation with links to commercial simulators like Pro-II, Aspen, and ICAS.
Main Features of ProCAFD
• Generates numerous alternatives for any New/Retrofit synthesis problems
• Group contribution-based models to evaluate the generated design quickly and efficiently.
• Integrated with sustainability, economic, and life cycle analysis models.
• Integrated with simulation tools like Pro-II, Aspen and ICAS to automatically generate rigorous simulation file.
• Use Computer-aided molecular design (CAMD) principles for simultaneous synthesis, design and analysis of a process flowsheet.
• Powered by hybrid AI, offering advanced capabilities for process innovation and optimization.
Work-flow and architecture
At the inner core, ProCAFD features an intuitive user interface. Users navigate three distinct stages comprising 12 tasks. First, define the problem; next, solve the process synthesis problem in Stage 1; then perform detailed design and analysis after process simulation in Stage 2. Finally, in the outer layer, users can apply process intensification techniques to generate alternative, more sustainable process designs.
ProCAFD delivers cutting-edge solutions for sustainable process design, helping drive innovation in industries ranging from chemicals and pharmaceuticals to petrochemicals and bio-chemical processes.
Property analysis
Flowsheet synthesis analysis
Process design-analysis
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