Reneseng

Objectives:

• Investigate requirements for non-conventional models for bio-reaction and bio-reaction components, value chain and LCA (developed in T1.1, T2.3, T3.2 and T4.3) as well as the commercially available and relevant modelling tools/platforms
• Investigate possibilities and develop concept of model integration for specific and most commonly used scenarios which will account for scale, format and value range requirements and differences
• Collect and systemise physical data relevant to bio-refining, to include material properties, mass and energy balances and economies, and to investigate needs and usefulness for process modelling
• To develop a knowledge model (ontology) in the domain of bio-refining which will i) incorporate explicit and tacit knowledge in the domain of bio-fuel modelling/production relevant to model integration and ii) enable integration of models identified in 1
• Verify the knowledge model in 4 and respective model integration using case study defined by the RENESENG project.

• Task 1: Summarise commercially available modelling platforms
• Task 2: Define common scenarios in bio-refining process synthesis; Develop concept of model integration based on the requirements in Task 1; Verify concept using selected and simplified scenarios as a case-study verification and using readily available computer-aided multiscale modelling tools ; Define requirement for tacit knowledge to support flexible and purpose driven model integration
• Task 3: Develop knowledge model in the domain of bio-refining model integration
• Task 4: Model integration validation: Specification of measure of performance; Selection of scenarios; Experimentation and comparison with experimental data of individual models and as a whole.

• Secondment 1: NTUA (3 months) Integration of different model scales (unit to system)
• Secondment 2: DTU (3 months) Integration of material properties data and models
• Secondment 3: CIMV (3 months) Model validation with real-life data and in real-life environment