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CHEMRAWN XVI
Consultation Forum
Innovation: the way from pure to
applied chemistry
9 August 2003 - Ottawa, Canada
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Panel II - Instruments of support in process of transformation
of invention into innovative process
Paper N2.2 - Invention to innovative process bridge: heuristic
rules
J.A. Kopytowski, Industrial Chemistry Research Institute,
Warsaw, Poland
Abstract: The transformation of invention into innovative
product or process is an activity of very low yield. Accordingly
to the different research sources maximum 5% of the inventions find
the way to the market. It means that it is impossible to carry out
R&D process through all stages of development process (from
idea to the product/process) for all inventions available. Therefore,
every R&D institution (decision making body) must have a screening
system allowing at certain stages of the R&D process to abandon
part of research goal which is not meeting the established criteria.
The screening system has to be established in specific way ensuring
equal judgment of the results. Companies at large have their own
evaluation system, some are subcontracting this task to a specialized
companies under specific terms of agreement. Whatever are the modalities
of evaluation they must be based on similar or even exactly same
level of information as well as using similar evaluation instruments.
In practice the following elements of screening system are considered
obligatory:
a) Primary results of the research (raw materials, reaction,
kinetics, thermodynamics, parameters)
b) Technological flowsheet characterized by function parameters
and algorithm of transformation of these inputs into uniform value
c) Estimate of structural elements size and cost and algorithm
of transformation of this costs into investment cost
d) Select the integrated system of evaluation and evaluate results
in strictly comparative modality
e) Control evaluation by the exogamic elements of the system through
statistical analysis or prognostic statement
The number of sophisticated software allows to comply with this
tasks. However, the strict application of the formalized algorithms
is time consuming and expensive. Also so called "optimum"
solution changes substantially when the translation of the results
of dynamic equations into practical structural sizes and function
parameters. Therefore, the theory of design and years of engineering
experience allowed to elaborate heuristic rules to establish functions
and structures of the technological process at early stages of development
with adequate accuracy to decide on further process research leading
to industrial implementation. As analytical teats have shown the
difference between solutions elaborated as "optimal" and
obtained under heuristic rules are negligible in terms of industrial
efficiency of the process. The paper will show examples of the application
of the heuristic rules at three stages of the process evaluation:
a) invention stage
b) establishment of the sequence of functions of the industrial
process
c) establishment of the structure of the industrial process
The evaluation of process parameters basically from material balance
following the functional sequence and structural properties allows
to evaluate the investment cost, therefore using any of available
financial analysis system it is possible to predict future success
of the process and product.
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