Abstract
The notion of “process systems engineering” seems often vague and unclear. Based on a philosophical analysis of the terms “system”, “engineering”, and “process”, a sound definition of process systems engineering is developed and put forward for discussion. Thereby, it is emphasized that especially the focus on the system level distinguishes the said discipline from other subdisciplines of process engineering.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1229-1237 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Chemie-Ingenieur-Technik |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2019 |
Keywords
- Philosophy
- Philosophy of science
- Philosophy of technology
- Process engineering
- Systems theory