LA INGENIERÍA DE SISTEMAS DE PROCESOS Y SUS APLICACIONES EN LAS INDUSTRIAS QUÍMICA Y PETROQUÍMICA

Fernando Israel Gómez Castro, Oscar Daniel Lara Montaño, Araceli Guadalupe Romero Izquierdo, Antioco López Molina, Mayra Margarita May Vázquez, Yulissa M. Espinoza Vázquez, Francisco López Villarreal

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La Ingeniería de Sistemas de Procesos (PSE por sus siglas en inglés) es una rama de la Ingeniería Química que involucra la comprensión e integración en distintas escalas de los procesos productivos, promoviendo el desarrollo de conocimiento científico y herramientas que permitan la solución de los principales desafíos económicos, ambientales y sociales desde la perspectiva de la Ingeniería de Procesos. PSE contempla conocimientos y herramientas en análisis de datos, diseño, modelado, integración, intensificación, optimización y control de procesos. Las herramientas de PSE han sido ampliamente utilizadas para el análisis y mejora de procesos químicos y petroquímicos. En este trabajo se realiza una revisión de estas herramientas y sus aplicaciones a este tipo de procesos, así como los potenciales desarrollos que se visualizan en el futuro del PSE para la industria química y petroquímica.

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