Process X – A Data Space for the Process Industry

Chemie Ingenieur Technik, vol. 97, pp. 577–587

Abstract

Abstract The need for improved resilience, increased efficiency in production chains, and the need to raise resource efficiency require more cross‐company information exchange. Data spaces are digital ecosystems, in which companies host their own information within their systems and thus retain sovereignty over the data and its access. The Manufacturing‐X initiative is an industrial policy initiative to develop such a data space; in that context, Process‐X deals with the process industry. Within the Process‐X initiative, a showcase was developed. An exchange of regular steam forecasts enables the energy supplier to adjust the level of confidence to the forecast consumption and thus save primary energy in generation.

Authors 6

1. Andreas Schueller corresponding
   Affiliation as printed

   YNCORIS GmbH & Co. KG Industriestr. 300 50354 Huerth Germany

2. Ricard Petranovic

   ABB (Germany)

   Affiliation as printed

   ABB AG PAEN Kallstadter Str. 1 68309 Mannheim Germany

3. Felix Buss

   Bayer (Germany)

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   Bayer AG Alte Heerstr. 41538 Dormagen Germany

4. Udo Enste
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   LeiKon GmbH Kaiserstr. 100 52134 Herzogenrath Germany

5. Bjoern Hoeper
   Affiliation as printed

   LTSoft – Agentur für Leittechnik‐Software GmbH Veilchenweg 37a 51107 Cologne Germany

6. Torben Miny Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen University Chair of Information and Automation Systems for Process and Material Technology (IAT) Turmstr. 46 52064 Aachen Germany