Van der Westhuizen, JohanDu Toit, Jurie HNeyt, Nicole CRiley, DLPanayides, Jenny-Lee2023-04-112023-04-112022-07Van der Westhuizen, J., Du Toit, J.H., Neyt, N.C., Riley, D. & Panayides, J. 2022. Use of open-source software platform to develop dashboards for control and automation of flow chemistry equipment. <i>Digital Discovery, 1(5).</i> http://hdl.handle.net/10204/127352635-098XDOI: 10.1039/d2dd00036ahttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/12735We report the development of an open-source software approach to monitor and control flow chemistry reactors from any smart device utilising Node-RED which lowers the expertise required to expand the system further and automate other equipment. The software was demonstrated through the control and automation of flow equipment from Uniqsis with the dashboard server run on a low-cost Raspberry Pi. Parameters of the equipment can be saved to a database for review in real-time or at a later stage. The dashboard control platform was demonstrated by performing the allylation of isovanillin in a semi-autonomous closed-loop optimisation fashion using Summit for the optimisation algorithm. The space time yield (STY) was optimised for this reaction using a single-objective Bayesian optimisation (SOBO) approach. The best STY result of 791 g dm-3 h-1 was achieved with the experimental conditions of 77.3 °C for the reactor column, a residence time of 4 min, with 1.005 equivalence of allyl bromide. All the software utilised in this paper was open-source, a tutorial-based approach to developing the program is included in the paper demonstrating the software capabilities.FulltextenFourth Industrial Revolution4IRFlow chemistryOpen-source technologySynthetic laboratoriesUse of open-source software platform to develop dashboards for control and automation of flow chemistry equipmentArticleVan der Westhuizen, J., Du Toit, J. H., Neyt, N. C., Riley, D., & Panayides, J. (2022). Use of open-source software platform to develop dashboards for control and automation of flow chemistry equipment. <i>Digital Discovery, 1(5)</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12735Van der Westhuizen, Johan, Jurie H Du Toit, Nicole C Neyt, DL Riley, and Jenny-Lee Panayides "Use of open-source software platform to develop dashboards for control and automation of flow chemistry equipment." <i>Digital Discovery, 1(5)</i> (2022) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12735Van der Westhuizen J, Du Toit JH, Neyt NC, Riley D, Panayides J. Use of open-source software platform to develop dashboards for control and automation of flow chemistry equipment. Digital Discovery, 1(5). 2022; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12735.TY - Article AU - Van der Westhuizen, Johan AU - Du Toit, Jurie H AU - Neyt, Nicole C AU - Riley, DL AU - Panayides, Jenny-Lee AB - We report the development of an open-source software approach to monitor and control flow chemistry reactors from any smart device utilising Node-RED which lowers the expertise required to expand the system further and automate other equipment. The software was demonstrated through the control and automation of flow equipment from Uniqsis with the dashboard server run on a low-cost Raspberry Pi. Parameters of the equipment can be saved to a database for review in real-time or at a later stage. The dashboard control platform was demonstrated by performing the allylation of isovanillin in a semi-autonomous closed-loop optimisation fashion using Summit for the optimisation algorithm. The space time yield (STY) was optimised for this reaction using a single-objective Bayesian optimisation (SOBO) approach. The best STY result of 791 g dm-3 h-1 was achieved with the experimental conditions of 77.3 °C for the reactor column, a residence time of 4 min, with 1.005 equivalence of allyl bromide. All the software utilised in this paper was open-source, a tutorial-based approach to developing the program is included in the paper demonstrating the software capabilities. DA - 2022-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR J1 - Digital Discovery, 1(5) KW - Fourth Industrial Revolution KW - 4IR KW - Flow chemistry KW - Open-source technology KW - Synthetic laboratories LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2022 SM - 2635-098X T1 - Use of open-source software platform to develop dashboards for control and automation of flow chemistry equipment TI - Use of open-source software platform to develop dashboards for control and automation of flow chemistry equipment UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12735 ER -26607