Dynamic Process Simulation

[Dr. R.D. Kane]

I did a paper in 1992 on laboratory simulation of process corrosion.
This topic has many similarities with yours. However, I was primarily
interested in the side effect in many dynamic processes - corrosion. The
point I was trying to get across in simulation is how to choose between
those parameters that need to be included and those tha can be eliminated
in the simulation. Having done this for over 20 years, you tend to
develop a "gut feel" that helps you the decision process. The difficulty
is to try to explain the simulation process and how one derives at a
simulation. More recently we have developed computer programs to help
predict the consequences of corrosion in various dynamic operating
situations.

In your case, I believe that you will need to focus on the differences
between acedemia and the "real world". In acedemia you tend to take only
a small part of the big picture and work it to death resulting in a
highly accurate result but only for a portion of the total problem. IN
the real world you will need to look at the whole system but only have a
reasonably good accuracy. Therefore, short cuts, rules of thumb,
imperical models are necessary to handle those elements that can not be
handled in a totally algorithmic way.

Good Luck.

Dr. R.D. Kane
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Russell D. Kane
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