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A quantitative risk analysis approach to a process sequence under uncertainty - A case study

Johnson, DB; Bogle, IDL; (2019) A quantitative risk analysis approach to a process sequence under uncertainty - A case study. Computers & Chemical Engineering , 126 pp. 1-21. 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2019.03.039. Green open access

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Abstract

Process plants for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products often need to be designed and built quickly to make the most of available patent life which necessitates using uncertain or unavailable data. It is common that pilot plant equipment and data are available and new data can be generated if they are important. We present a model based approach to risk analysis to aid design for pharmaceutical processes which combines systematic modelling procedures with Hammersley sampling based uncertainty analysis and sensitivity analysis used to quantify predicted performance uncertainty and to identify key uncertainty contributions. The main contribution of the paper is the demonstration of the methodology on an industrial case study where the process flowsheet was fixed and some pilot data was available. Expected performance was improved by considering the propagation of uncertainty over the whole process. The case study results indicate the importance of considering uncertainty systematically and quantitatively. The methodology showed the opportunity to improve process performance potential through considering uncertainty systematically.

Type: Article
Title: A quantitative risk analysis approach to a process sequence under uncertainty - A case study
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2019.03.039
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compchemeng.2019.03.039
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: pharmaceutical processing; risk analysis; uncertainty; design
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > VP: Research
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10104902
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