Virtual Design and Commissioning: Solving Tomorrow's Problems Today

DuPont has a long history of using dynamic, plant-wide models to understand process operability, improve existing control strategies and train operators. However, the earlier a dynamic model is developed and used, the more value one can extract from it. In DuPont, a growing area for the application of these “Virtual Plants” is in Process Development – understanding how the proposed process is going to run, BEFORE it is built. By exploring the future process in a Virtual Plant today, problems can be identified and remediated quickly, and at a much lower expense. Valuable insight gained can be used to design a more operable and robust process.

DuPont (and former DuPont entities) deliver the value of dynamic models by leveraging our in-house simulation software, DuPont™ TMODS. This talk will discuss recent case studies in which Virtual Plants have been used to support process development activities.