Process Intensification: Engineering for Efficiency, Sustainability and Flexibility

Process Intensification: Engineering for Efficiency, Sustainability and Flexibility is the first book to provide a practical working guide to understanding process intensification (PI) and developing successful PI solutions and applications in chemical process, civil, environmental, energy, pharmaceutical, biological, and biochemical systems.

Process intensification is a chemical and process design approach that leads to substantially smaller, cleaner, safer, and more energy efficient process technology. It improves process flexibility, product quality, speed to market and inherent safety, with a reduced environmental footprint.

This book represents a valuable resource for engineers working with leading-edge process technologies, and those involved research and development of chemical, process, environmental, pharmaceutical, and bioscience systems.

No other reference covers both the technology and application of PI, addressing fundamentals, industry applications, and including a development and implementation guideCovers hot and high growth topics, including emission prevention, sustainable design, and pinch analysisWorld-class authors: Colin Ramshaw pioneered PI at ICI and is widely credited as the father of the technology

1. A Brief History of Process Intensification 2. Process Intensification – An Overview 3. The Mechanisms involved in Process Intensification 4. Compact and Micro-Heat Exchangers 5. Reactors 6. Intensification of Separation Processes 7. Intensified Mixing 8. Application Areas – Petrochemicals and Fine Chemicals 9. Application Areas – Off-shore processing 10. Application Areas – Miscellaneous Process Industries 11. Application Areas – The Built Environment, Electronics and the Home 12. Specifying, Manufacturing and Operating PI Plant

Appendix 1 Abbreviations Used  Appendix 2 Nomenclature Appendix 3 Equipment Suppliers Appendix 4 R&D Organisations, Consultants and Miscellaneous Groups Active in PI Appendix 5 A Selection of Other Useful Contact Points, Including Networks and Websites