Computer Simulation System for Controlling Multiassortment Production of Sorption-catalytic Materials with Recycling of Returnable Waste

The article presents the structure of a computer system for modeling the processes of obtaining sorbents and catalysts. The core of the computer system is a library of deterministic and empirical mathematical models of the key stages of production (granulating, drying, tempering, and impregnation). Based on the models, the system allows solving the problem of resource-saving control of multi-assortment production in various modes of operation: when reconfiguring to a new type of product, in the nominal mode of operation, when a defect occurs. The use of the system by management and production personnel in the mode of an adviser to the operator-technologist allows increasing productivity and quality of products, reducing defective products and returnable waste, and reducing the cost of conducting research and re-construction of flexible production. The testing of the computer system according to data of JSC Scientific Design and Technological Bureau “Kristall” (St. Petersburg) confirmed its operability. The system can be used in various industries of sorption-catalytic materials.