COMMISSION ON GENERAL ASPECTS OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
(V.1)
Number: 510/30/95
Title: Analytical Aspects of Chemical Process Control. Part
1: Fundamentals (revised title)
Coordinator(s): J.F.
van Staden
Remarks: Collaboration with COCI
Completion Date: 1999 - project completed
Objective:
In the last few years a growing number of papers in analytical chemistry
contain references to the possible use of the techniques or methods
described for the control of chemical production processes. This illustrates
the awareness of many analytical chemists that there is a great need
for methods for the control of processes and the determination of the
composition of process streams. The reasons are: 1. a better quality
control of products as required by the consumer; 2. more stringent statutory
regulations in relation to production and production processes; 3. stronger
economic competition which requires a minimization of energy consumption,
a reduction of the amount of raw materials used in the process and a
process operation that minimizes the production of waste. For users
it would be of great importance if the methods or techniques could be
assessed with regard to use for their specific problems from the data
and other information in the documents concerned. This asks for an unambiguous
usage of terms and a proper description of the characteristics in relation
to process control applications. It is therefore highly recommendable
to provide guidelines for the aspects that should be addressed in articles
dealing with process applications to make them of value for such an
assessment.
Progress:
This project was already proposed as a special project but not accepted
as such by the Union. Positive advise was obtained from the external
reviewer. Prof.G.D.Christian from the University of Washington, Seattle.
He is also coworker in the Centre for Process Analytical Chemistry (CPAC).
First document discussed at Bologna (August 1996). Second draft discussed
at Geneva (August 1997). It was decided at Geneva to divide the project
into two parts.
> View Part 2: project #510/34/97
Project completed - Technical Report published in Pure
Appl. Chem.,
71(12), 2303-2308 (1999)
Last update: 16 June 2000