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【简介】 The Center for Process Analytical Chemistry (CPAC) was established in 1984 at the University of Washington as a National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC). CPAC is now a self-sustaining organization, with a successful consortium of sponsors recruited from all sectors of industry, as well as several national laboratories and government agencies. The CPAC program can be summarized by three main components: (1) the investigation of new measurement approaches based on the miniaturization of traditional instrumentation and the development of new sensors and non-traditional instruments based on fundamentally different sensing mechanisms (e.g. acoustic, thermal, and imaging technologies) not associated with traditional analytical chemistry techniques; (2) the investigation of issues related to the integration of process measurement with process modeling and control including: process analyzer and process model robustness, improved analyzer data treatments, and cross-cultural education between measurement and control communities; and (3) the improvement of mechanisms for interaction, collaboration, and communication of Center activities, research programs, and information related to process analytical chemistry (PAC) among sponsors, other universities and academic departments, government agencies, and the general measurement and control community.
In addition, CPAC is now developing measurement strategies, which complement new directions in manufacturing technology, including: combinatorial approaches and high throughput screening for new materials discovery (ranging from catalysis to biological materials), issues of process optimization (including development and diagnostics), and the concept of just-in-time manufacturing.
