Are You Feeling Lucky? Stop Relying on Luck to Optimize Your Pilot Processes Abs

摘要

Luck plays a surprising part in your process optimization. One-Factor-At-A-Time methods rely on luck, often producing neither the results you need nor a “map” of the process beyond the actual experiments performed. Design of Experiments eliminates the element of luck and is proven to use minimum resources to extract the maximum amount of information from a pilot plant optimization study. Response Surface Methodology enables you to understand the process at any level(s) of the factors studied. Three examples from actual pilot plant studies are presented to illustrate these points.