SFILES 2.0: An extended text-based flowsheet representation

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Main Authors: Vogel, Gabriel, Balhorn, Lukas Schulze, Hirtreiter, Edwin, Schweidtmann, Artur M.
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Published: 2022
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author Vogel, Gabriel
Balhorn, Lukas Schulze
Hirtreiter, Edwin
Schweidtmann, Artur M.
author_facet Vogel, Gabriel
Balhorn, Lukas Schulze
Hirtreiter, Edwin
Schweidtmann, Artur M.
contents SFILES is a text-based notation for chemical process flowsheets. It was originally proposed by d'Anterroches (2006) who was inspired by the text-based SMILES notation for molecules. The text-based format has several advantages compared to flowsheet images regarding the storage format, computational accessibility, and eventually for data analysis and processing. However, the original SFILES version cannot describe essential flowsheet configurations unambiguously, such as the distinction between top and bottom products. Neither is it capable of describing the control structure required for the safe and reliable operation of chemical processes. Also, there is no publicly available software for decoding or encoding chemical process topologies to SFILES. We propose the SFILES 2.0 with a complete description of the extended notation and naming conventions. Additionally, we provide open-source software for the automated conversion between flowsheet graphs and SFILES 2.0 strings. This way, we hope to encourage researchers and engineers to publish their flowsheet topologies as SFILES 2.0 strings. The ultimate goal is to set the standards for creating a FAIR database of chemical process flowsheets, which would be of great value for future data analysis and processing.
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spellingShingle SFILES 2.0: An extended text-based flowsheet representation
Vogel, Gabriel
Balhorn, Lukas Schulze
Hirtreiter, Edwin
Schweidtmann, Artur M.
Databases
Machine Learning
Quantitative Methods
SFILES is a text-based notation for chemical process flowsheets. It was originally proposed by d'Anterroches (2006) who was inspired by the text-based SMILES notation for molecules. The text-based format has several advantages compared to flowsheet images regarding the storage format, computational accessibility, and eventually for data analysis and processing. However, the original SFILES version cannot describe essential flowsheet configurations unambiguously, such as the distinction between top and bottom products. Neither is it capable of describing the control structure required for the safe and reliable operation of chemical processes. Also, there is no publicly available software for decoding or encoding chemical process topologies to SFILES. We propose the SFILES 2.0 with a complete description of the extended notation and naming conventions. Additionally, we provide open-source software for the automated conversion between flowsheet graphs and SFILES 2.0 strings. This way, we hope to encourage researchers and engineers to publish their flowsheet topologies as SFILES 2.0 strings. The ultimate goal is to set the standards for creating a FAIR database of chemical process flowsheets, which would be of great value for future data analysis and processing.
title SFILES 2.0: An extended text-based flowsheet representation
topic Databases
Machine Learning
Quantitative Methods
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.00778