BaSiP — Batch process simulation with dynamically reconfigured process dynamics

Abstract Recipe-driven automatic production is widely used to reduce the load on the operators and to allow them to focus on the high level tasks of assignment of equipment, sequencing, and scheduling. Simulation can support these functions by answering if .. then questions, finding bottlenecks or underused equipment, testing of recipes, detecting illegal or dangerous operations. The major challenge of the simulation of batch plants is the hybrid nature of the system, combined with frequent changes of the structure of the system, which in our opinion necessitates a dynamic configuration of the simulation model during the simulation run. This is realized in the program BaSiP which is designed to simulate the operation of recipe-driven multipurpose batch plants.