Process Design Center (PDC) is specialized in (biobased) conceptual process design and energy efficiency.

In the field of conceptual design, PDC's expertise includes:

• Idea generation and validation
• Process simulation
• Process optimization
• Physical properties
• Mass and energy balancing
• Techno-economic evaluation
• R&D guidance

PDC structures conceptual process design by applying expert system PROSYN®. PROSYN® is the largest expert system in the world offering a structured and systematic methodology to conceptual process design, also referred to as 'Process Synthesis'.

PROSYN® and PDC's process synthesis technology have been applied in numerous industrial projects reaching capital & operating cost savings up to 50 % compared to existing state-of-the-art designs.