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Importance of Computer in Chemical Industries

[1] Computer systems are widely used in chemical industries at every stage from design to control and optimization. [2] Distributed control systems (DCS) are used to autonomously coordinate sensors and controllers in real-time to efficiently control complex chemical processes. [3] Chromatography uses computer analysis to separate mixtures and identify unknown compounds, which has applications in fields like pharmaceuticals, forensics, and diagnostics.

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Importance of Computer in Chemical Industries

[1] Computer systems are widely used in chemical industries at every stage from design to control and optimization. [2] Distributed control systems (DCS) are used to autonomously coordinate sensors and controllers in real-time to efficiently control complex chemical processes. [3] Chromatography uses computer analysis to separate mixtures and identify unknown compounds, which has applications in fields like pharmaceuticals, forensics, and diagnostics.

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Importance of Computer in

Chemical Industries
Taslima Ferdaus Shuva
Sr. Lecturer, Dept of CSE
Area Covered
• Uses of Computer in chemical industries
• ● DCS (distributed control system)
• Fertilizer
• Water Treatment
• Chemical Plant
• ● Chromatography
Importance od Computer in chemical industries

• Computer-Aided Chemical Engineering is being done since


1950s to the present state in which virtually all chemical
engineering is computer-aided. Computer-aids are used at
every stage from deciding what chemical species to make,
through the conceptual design of the processes, the detailed
design, the on-line control, optimization and up to the
decommissioning. Computer-aids are important for
assessing and minimizing environmental impacts and
hazards.
• There are several areas where Computerized systems are being used
in Chemical Industries. Some of them are:
• DCS (distributed control system)
• ○ Fertilizer
• ○ Water Treatment
• ○ Chemical Plant
• ● Chromatography
DCS (distributed control system)

• Distributed control systems (DCSs) are computer-software packages


communicating with control hardware and providing a centralized
human–machine interface (HMI) for controlled equipment.
• It is a central computer that autonomously coordinates the
many subsystems (such as sensors and controllers) located
around a plant in real-time.
• DCS are particularly important for controlling complex
processes or for large continuous manufacturing plants
where top-down control and coordination is vital for
efficiency.
DCS (distributed control system)
Chromatography
• Chromatography is a process for separating components of
a mixture
• Now a days computer aided systems are being used for
chromatography. Chromatography is used to separate a mixture of
sample causing them to separate. Using a computer to analyze the time
taken for a compound to be detected, one can know what is the
compound. This can be used for detecting unknown mixture found in
crime scene, mapping DNA (you can google “DNA chromatography),
and so on.
Uses of Chromatography
• Let's start with some areas where it is used more often. (Not limited to)
• Pharmaceutical industry: In this field,(Includes Cosmetics and Herbal products too) it is
mainly used to assertion purity of drugs. Identify impurities and develop chromatographic
methods to quantify impurities.
• Food and beverage industry: In this industry, it is used to majorly identify contaminants
like pesticides content in beverages or heavy metal contents in water of food stuffs.
• Forensic Labs: Here, chromatography is used to determine which fluids and compounds
are present in human body after death or analyze blood samples to know whether he was
poisoned to death etc.
• Diagnostic Labs: In this Labs, we determine amount of drug present in blood, urine
samples etc. You would be aware of dope tests where players are tested for banned
steroids.
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may
remember, involve me and I learn.”
― Benjamin Franklin

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