A modular laboratory-style computer-controlled system for multistep chemical processing for use in laboratory automation or chemical production is disclosed. The system comprised a plurality of interconnectable electrically-powered controllable chemical process modules having chemical input and output ports and at least one communications interface. Interconnections among the chemical process modules include both chemical flow interconnections for the transport of chemical materials and network interconnections for the transport of communications signals. The controllable chemical process modules have distinct network addresses and are controlled by an algorithm executed by the data processor. In some implementations chemical flow interconnections are software controllable. In some implementations the system further comprises feedback control. In some implementations some chemical process modules comprise sensors responsive to sense physical quantities.
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