Computer-aided process design tools for debottlenecking a batch pharmaceutical production

The main objective of this work is to model and to debottleneck a batch pharmaceutical production with computer-aided process design (CAPD) and simulation tools. An eye drop production case study is firstly modelled based on a pharmaceutical production plant. Throughput analysis is next utilised to...

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Main Authors: Jully, Tan (Author), Foo Chwan Yee, Dominic (Author), Kumaresan, sivakumar (Author), Abdul Aziz, Ramlan (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2008.
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