Abstract
In the last two decades, simulation technology had a large influence on process industries. Today, modern numerical methods, powerful personal computers and convenient software packages facilitate the solution of complex engineering problems at every office workplace. The concept of model re-usage in the chemical industries and the supporting methods and tools are subject to current research and can be found in numerous publications. In practice, the integrated use of models for different applications, in particular in atuomation and control, can be found only rarely so far. This contribution concentrates on these applications in process optimisation and advanced control. By considering the different viewpoints of (academic) researches, software providers and industrial users, the authors discuss potential reasons for the gap between the positions of these three groups. This contribution demonstrates the current state of industrial applications, the problems and limitations occurring therein, and the fact that these problems are no insurmountable obstacles for the application of model based methods in automation and control.
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