Aspen Batch Process Developer

(formerly Aspen Batch Plus®)

Innovative recipe-based modeling technology for batch processes

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Product Brochure

Aspen Batch Process Developer is a recipe-based modeling technology for the batch industries, and is used for developing a process and generating required documentation from early route selection to full scale manufacturing. It facilitates sharing of information across the company by providing a standard approach for creating and managing process information throughout the development workflow. Aspen Batch Process Developer is a core element of AspenTech’s aspenONE® Process Engineering applications.

Features

In the laboratory: Compare process alternatives, evaluate “make versus buy” decisions and select synthetic routes for new molecules. With minimal process information, conduct mass balances and obtain quick cost estimates.
In early process development: Develop the synthetic route coming from the laboratory and map conceptual processes to recipes. Aspen Batch Process Developer quickly evaluates process alternatives, generates material balances, performs cycle-time calculations and develops cost estimates during the early stages of process definition. Screen new processes more quickly and efficiently to identify those that are most cost-effective.
In the pilot plant: Develop kilo-scale processes from bench-scale recipes. Perform process-fit analysis, whereby a process is matched with the best possible site. Automatically generate plant operating instructions and process flow diagrams, as well as perform advanced emission calculations from a single recipe. These applications reduce time-to-market for process scale-up and maximize return on assets for existing pilot plant facilities.
In process engineering: Scale up the pilot process to full-scale. Perform an economic analysis of the process. Design the needed waste treatment and utility systems by calculating the peak-load requirements on shared resources (e.g., utilities, waste treatment, raw materials, and labor). Enable better planning of capacity expansions.
In production: Eliminate bottlenecks by identifying time- and size-limiting equipment at existing plants and investigate capacity expansions. Simulate single- or multi-product campaigns and calculate in-plant emission profiles. The ability to incorporate actual plant data from a data historian like Aspen InfoPlus.21® allows users to validate the process model or use a validated model to troubleshoot problem batches.

Benefits

Market leaders in the batch industries report that Aspen Batch Process Developer delivers tremendous value, resulting in:

Increased Productivity
- Provide consistency and clarity in assumptions, data, documentation and results
- Input once, reuse data, automate documentation
- Arrive at earlier go/no-go decisions
- Reduce the number of trial-and-error batches
- Bring people up-to-speed more quickly·
Reduced Capital and Operating Costs
- Reduce over-design
- Increase yield, purity, product and solvent recovery
- Reduce energy use, excess raw material charges and wastes
- Improve asset utilization