Multi-Dimensional Process Simulation Software Integration in Prompt

During the past five years, multi-dimensional process simulation tools advanced considerably. The inherent complexities of the underlying physical models, however, together with the enormous computational expense of three-dimensional simulation, ask for a modular and distributed approach. In this paper, we review the basic concepts of the PROMPT collaboration towards multi-dimensional process simulation between several research sites and industrial software houses in Europe. While the results of this project are extremely encouraging, several obstacles have to be overcome before three-dimensional process simulation can become an everyday tool.