Development and Nonlinear Analysis of Dynamic Plant Models in ProMoT /Diana

Abstract

In the process design of chemical production plants, dynamic simulation plays an important role. This paper gives a short introduction to the process modeling tool ProMoT and the simulation tool Diana. Both are open‐source programs intended for the dynamic analysis of chemical engineering and biological systems. They support the implementation and analysis of large nonlinear differential algebraic systems. An overview is given on the functionality of ProMoT and Diana. The use of the tools is illustrated by their application to an innovative fluidized bed crystallization process.

Study of crystal size distributions in a fluidized bed crystallizer

“…Nevertheless, median crystal size could be obtained. Palis et al (2013) and Mangold et al (2014) published recently population balance based approaches describing the same fluidized bed crystallizer setup used in this work. Main ingredients of the population balance model from Palis et al, (2013) are the kinetics of crystal growth, the segregation due to different particle sizes, the particle withdrawal to the ultrasonic comminution, and the reflux of smaller particles from the US bath, while Mangold et al (2014) have implemented the model into the software tools ProMoT and Diana.…”

Nonlinear model reduction of a continuous fluidized bed crystallizer

“…The reference model for this process is a variant of the models described in [15,16]. The model follows the widely used population balance approach, i.e.…”

Automatic model reduction of differential algebraic systems by proper orthogonal decomposition

“…The automatic procedure for the model reduction is implemented in the modeling and simulation environment ProMoT/Diana [19]. ProMoT is a modeling tool written in Common Lisp with a graphical user interface written in Java [20].…”