Using BPM Technologies for Material Balances Modelling

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to offer a novel approach for modelling and simulation of material balances by using workflow technologies. The work in this paper is concentrated around BPMN as a modelling language, sustained by BPEL as an execution language, and different supporting technologies, to complete the tool chain. We are analyzing here the modelling of a simple chemical process, starting from the ideal material balance, as one can deduce from the fundamental laws of conservation, and developing then more complex models, conforming with most of the technological flow specification