🏭Why is process modeling important?
✔️Process design and synthesis: Build and evaluate flow diagrams before real implementation
✔️Simulation: Predict reaction yields, separations, and energy needs
✔️Rapid screening: Compare catalysts, solvents, or pathways efficiently
✔️Optimization: Find best operating conditions for yield, cost, and safety
📊How to assess the feasibility of processes?
✔️Techno-economic analysis (TEA): Estimate production cost and key economic drivers
✔️Life cycle assessment (LCA): Quantify emissions and environment footprint
✔️Sensitivity analysis: Evaluate different process routes and possibilities