Process for the automated creation of a process engineering scheme

摘要

The method employs an expert system stored in the computer to produce a concrete scheme (111) by conversion of an abstract counterpart (100) with regard for user input vectors (106) and modelling prescriptions. The abstract scheme is conceived as a hierarchical system with several constituent levels (101-104) at which so-called placeholders (109) for components (105) and their interconnections are shown. At individual levels of the hierarchy a selection can be made from several variants (103.1-103.3). Concretisation begins with processing of components at the highest level (101), whereby components at the lower levels are called up and processed for conversion of the placeholders into concrete components.